KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF PREGNANT WOMEN REPORTING AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Objective: To explore the knowledge and attitude of the pregnant women towards vaginal and caesarean delivery and association of socio-demographic factors with the knowledge and attitudes of the participants. Study Design: Cross sectional analytical study. Place and Duration of Study: Antenata...

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Autores principales:	Nighat Sultana, Sadia Fatima, Tabassum Muzaffar, Fahd Akram
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Army Medical College Rawalpindi 2020
Materias:	attitude caesarean delivery knowledge pregnant women vaginal birth Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:625476c4f46a458fb6f176eb67b84e5f2021-12-02T19:13:09ZKNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF PREGNANT WOMEN REPORTING AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL0030-96482411-8842https://doaj.org/article/625476c4f46a458fb6f176eb67b84e5f2020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/5869https://doaj.org/toc/0030-9648https://doaj.org/toc/2411-8842Objective: To explore the knowledge and attitude of the pregnant women towards vaginal and caesarean delivery and association of socio-demographic factors with the knowledge and attitudes of the participants. Study Design: Cross sectional analytical study. Place and Duration of Study: Antenatal Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department at a tertiary care hospital in Rawalpindi by self - administered interviews, from May 2018 to Oct 2018. Methodology: Three hundred and thirty-four women who attended antenatal clinic during the study period were interviewed using non-probability consecutive sampling method. The responses for chosen preferences were recorded on structured questionnaire after taking informed consent. All data was analysed using SPSS v.22. Results: The mean age of the women was 27.25 ± 4.235 years. Majority 291 (87.1%) of women interviewed had received formal education. Two hundred and thirty-two (69.5%) were unemployed and primigravida were111 (33.2%). The overall knowledge was found to be adequate in 204 (61.1%) participants for vaginal and in 149(44.6%) for caesarean section respectively. Two hundred and sixty seven (79.9%) of participants were willing for primary caesarean section but only 147 (44%) for elective repeat caesarean delivery. Only educational status (pvalue <0.001) was significantly associated with knowledge towards caesarean delivery. Conclusion: Pregnant women were having better knowledge of vaginal than caesarean delivery but they had positive attitude towards primary caesarean delivery due to fear of labour pains and vaginal birth after caesarean due to fear of pain during and after surgeryNighat SultanaSadia FatimaTabassum MuzaffarFahd AkramArmy Medical College Rawalpindiarticleattitudecaesarean deliveryknowledgepregnant womenvaginal birthMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 70, Iss 6, Pp 1676-1680 (2020)
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spellingShingle	attitude caesarean delivery knowledge pregnant women vaginal birth Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920 Nighat Sultana Sadia Fatima Tabassum Muzaffar Fahd Akram KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF PREGNANT WOMEN REPORTING AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
description	Objective: To explore the knowledge and attitude of the pregnant women towards vaginal and caesarean delivery and association of socio-demographic factors with the knowledge and attitudes of the participants. Study Design: Cross sectional analytical study. Place and Duration of Study: Antenatal Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department at a tertiary care hospital in Rawalpindi by self - administered interviews, from May 2018 to Oct 2018. Methodology: Three hundred and thirty-four women who attended antenatal clinic during the study period were interviewed using non-probability consecutive sampling method. The responses for chosen preferences were recorded on structured questionnaire after taking informed consent. All data was analysed using SPSS v.22. Results: The mean age of the women was 27.25 ± 4.235 years. Majority 291 (87.1%) of women interviewed had received formal education. Two hundred and thirty-two (69.5%) were unemployed and primigravida were111 (33.2%). The overall knowledge was found to be adequate in 204 (61.1%) participants for vaginal and in 149(44.6%) for caesarean section respectively. Two hundred and sixty seven (79.9%) of participants were willing for primary caesarean section but only 147 (44%) for elective repeat caesarean delivery. Only educational status (pvalue <0.001) was significantly associated with knowledge towards caesarean delivery. Conclusion: Pregnant women were having better knowledge of vaginal than caesarean delivery but they had positive attitude towards primary caesarean delivery due to fear of labour pains and vaginal birth after caesarean due to fear of pain during and after surgery
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author	Nighat Sultana Sadia Fatima Tabassum Muzaffar Fahd Akram
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title	KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF PREGNANT WOMEN REPORTING AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
title_short	KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF PREGNANT WOMEN REPORTING AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
title_full	KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF PREGNANT WOMEN REPORTING AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
title_fullStr	KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF PREGNANT WOMEN REPORTING AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
title_full_unstemmed	KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF PREGNANT WOMEN REPORTING AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
title_sort	knowledge and attitude of pregnant women reporting at tertiary care hospital
publisher	Army Medical College Rawalpindi
publishDate	2020
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KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF PREGNANT WOMEN REPORTING AT TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

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