ABSTRACT
Background: Tanzania is among the countries with a high maternal mortality rate worldwide. This burden is said to be contributed by the delay in accessing health care services largely due to failure in recognizing the obstetric danger signs. Objective: To assess the knowledge as a predictor of timely response to pregnancy danger signs and the associated obstetric outcome among high risk post-delivery women in Dodoma region.
Methods: A cross sectional study of 289 high risk post-delivery women randomly selected from 4 Hospitals in Dodoma region. The knowledge level on pregnancy danger signs was measured by 10 questions from the tool adopted and modified from safe motherhood questionnaire developed by maternal and child health programme of JHPIEGO (2004) and to identify obstetric outcome patient files and MTUHA BOOK were used. Both descriptive and inferential analysis were conducted
Results: Knowledge on pregnancy danger signs was found to be low i.e (58.8%) 170.The majority, i.e. (72.3%) 209 were revealed to respond to experienced danger signs, although prevalence of type 1 delays was 51.6 % (149), on multivariate analysis knowledge on pregnancy danger signs was revealed to be a good predictor of type 1 delays (AOR=0.030, P
MASSAWE, G (2021). Knowledge As A Predictor Of Timely Response To Pregnancy Danger Signs And Associated Obstetric Outcomes Among High Risk Post- Delivery Women In Dodoma – Tanzania: An Analytical Cross- Section. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/knowledge-as-a-predictor-of-timely-response-to-pregnancy-danger-signs-and-associated-obstetric-outcomes-among-high-risk-post-delivery-women-in-dodoma-tanzania-an-analytical-cross-sectional-st
MASSAWE, GRACEANA "Knowledge As A Predictor Of Timely Response To Pregnancy Danger Signs And Associated Obstetric Outcomes Among High Risk Post- Delivery Women In Dodoma – Tanzania: An Analytical Cross- Section" Afribary. Afribary, 26 Apr. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/knowledge-as-a-predictor-of-timely-response-to-pregnancy-danger-signs-and-associated-obstetric-outcomes-among-high-risk-post-delivery-women-in-dodoma-tanzania-an-analytical-cross-sectional-st. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
MASSAWE, GRACEANA . "Knowledge As A Predictor Of Timely Response To Pregnancy Danger Signs And Associated Obstetric Outcomes Among High Risk Post- Delivery Women In Dodoma – Tanzania: An Analytical Cross- Section". Afribary, Afribary, 26 Apr. 2021. Web. 27 Apr. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/knowledge-as-a-predictor-of-timely-response-to-pregnancy-danger-signs-and-associated-obstetric-outcomes-among-high-risk-post-delivery-women-in-dodoma-tanzania-an-analytical-cross-sectional-st >.
MASSAWE, GRACEANA . "Knowledge As A Predictor Of Timely Response To Pregnancy Danger Signs And Associated Obstetric Outcomes Among High Risk Post- Delivery Women In Dodoma – Tanzania: An Analytical Cross- Section" Afribary (2021). Accessed April 27, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/knowledge-as-a-predictor-of-timely-response-to-pregnancy-danger-signs-and-associated-obstetric-outcomes-among-high-risk-post-delivery-women-in-dodoma-tanzania-an-analytical-cross-sectional-st