BIRTH PREPAREDNESS AND COMPLICATION READINESS AMONG ANTENATAL WOMEN
Ms. DELPHY VARGHESE
, Mrs. ELIZABETH RAJAN
Key words: Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness, antenatal women.
ABSTRACT
The present study assessed the Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness (BPCR) among antenatal women in selected hospital, Ernakulam. The objectives of the study were to assess Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness among antenatal women and to find the association of Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness with sample characteristics. Convenience sampling technique was used to select 75 antenatal women from 20 weeks of gestation. The data were collected using Maternal Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness assessment tool by structured interview technique and was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results of the study revealed that 72% of antenatal women had good BPCR and 28% had poor BPCR. Among the sample, 28% had good knowledge regarding danger signs and 72% had poor knowledge regarding the danger signs. Significant association was found between BPCR and sample characteristics such as age (χ2=10.133, p=0.017), gravida (χ2=8.905, p=0.003) and parity (χ2=10.825, p=.004) at 0.05 level of significance. Religion (χ2=2.853, p=0.240), educational status (χ2=2.185, p=0.335), occupation (χ2=0.008, p=0.583), profession (χ2=0.280, p=0.366), type of family (χ2 =0.265, p=0.224), monthly family income (χ2=0.307, p=0.959), gestational age (χ2=4.587, p=0.205), regular antenatal visit (χ2=2.606, p=0.280), history of still birth or IUD (χ2=0.394, p=0.530), source of knowledge regarding BPCR (χ2=4.630, p=0.201) and time duration to access antenatal health care facility (χ2=0.015, p=0.901) had no significant association between BPCR and sample characteristics at 0.05 level.
"BIRTH PREPAREDNESS AND COMPLICATION READINESS AMONG ANTENATAL WOMEN", TIJER - TIJER - INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL (www.TIJER.org), ISSN:2349-9249, Vol.11, Issue 2, page no.129-135, February-2024, Available :https://tijer.org/TIJER/papers/TIJERTHE3026.pdf
Volume 11
Issue 2,
February-2024
Pages : 129-135
Paper Reg. ID: TIJER_151179
Published Paper Id: TIJERTHE3026
Downloads: 000329
Research Area: Health Science All
Country: Ernakulam, Kerala, India
ISSN: 2349-9249 | IMPACT FACTOR: 8.57 Calculated By Google Scholar | ESTD YEAR: 2014
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