Knowledge of pregnancy danger signs and its associated factors among pregnant women in Debre Tabor Town Health Facilities, South Gondar Administrative Zone, North West Ethiopia, 2019: Cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pregnancy complications are one of the most common health problems and causes of death among women in developing countries. Knowledge of obstetric danger signs during pregnancy, labor, and postnatal period is an essential first step for the appropriate and timely referral.

Objective

To assess knowledge of pregnancy danger signs and its associated factors among pregnant women at Debre Tabor Town Health Facilities, South Gondar Zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019.

Methods and materials

Facility-based cross-sectional study conducted from 30 December 2018 to 30 January 2019 among 340 pregnant women. Simple random sampling was used to select study subjects. Data entered to Epidata 4.2 and exported Statistical package for social science version 26 for analysis. Binary

SUBMITTER: Asferie WN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8793113 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature