COVID-19 Preventive Measure Practices and Knowledge of Pregnant Women in Guraghe Zone Hospitals

Abstract

Background:The COVID-19 pandemic is caused by a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus which emerged in Wuhan. Recently this virus has rapidly spread throughout Ethiopia. The current preventive measure practices and knowledge have gaps. Therefore this study aimed to assess COVID-19 preventive measure practices and knowledge of pregnant women in Guraghe Zone hospitals. Methods and Materials: This cross-sectional study was conducted from July 27-August 27, 2020 among pregnant women in Guraghe zone hospitals. Systematic random sampling technique were employed to select 403 participants. Data were checked manually for completeness, cleaned, and stored in Epi Data and exported to SPSS for further analysis. Variables which have a P-value less than 0.25 on bivariate analysis were taken to multivariate analysis. A P-value of less than 0.05 and 95% confidence level was used as a cut-off point for presence of association in multivariate analysis. Results: COVID-19 preventive measure practice and knowledge of pregnant women visiting Guraghe Zone hospitals was 76.2% and 54.84%, respectively. Those aged 20-24 (AOR=1.22, 95% CI=1.15-22.24), 25-29 (AOR=1.32, 95% CI=1.20-20.25), and 30-34 (AOR=2.57, 95% CI-2.32-43.38) were more likely to practice COVID-19 preventive measures. Those residing in urban area (AOR=2.16, 95% CI=1.24-3.77) and perceiving that COVID-19 is worst for people with chronic disease (AOR=5.12, 95% CI=1.73-15.17) were more likely to practice COVID-19 preventive measures. Conclusion: COVID-19 preventive measure practices and knowledge were low. Age, residence, and perception of COVID-19 on chronic disease were independent factors associated with preventive measure practices. Pregnant women aged ≥35 need to be counseled on practices of preventing COVID-19 by their healthcare providers.

Knowledge, attitude and practice of preventive measures against coronavirus disease 2019 among pregnant women in a tertiary health facility in southwest Nigeria

“…Pregnant women with higher education in this study showed higher level of knowledge of COVID-19 with positive attitude towards the disease and were more likely to observe the COVID-19 preventive measures compared with women with low level of education. This finding had been reported earlier by Nwafor et al [19] , Degu et al [23] , Fikadu et al [27] and Tadese et al [28] . This is because women with higher education have access to information about COVID-19 from various sources and have the ability to comprehend this information.…”

“…Women who lived in the urban area had three times the odds of having good knowledge of COVID-19, showing positive attitude towards the disease and observing the preventive measures towards COVID-19. This was similarly reported in studies in Ethiopia [27,28] and India [30] where urban residency was found to be associated with good knowledge and practice of the preventive measures. This might be because urban residents have better access to various sources of information and even health facilities where they can get hear messages about the corona virus disease pandemic [27,28] .…”

“…This was similarly reported in studies in Ethiopia [27,28] and India [30] where urban residency was found to be associated with good knowledge and practice of the preventive measures. This might be because urban residents have better access to various sources of information and even health facilities where they can get hear messages about the corona virus disease pandemic [27,28] . Also, urban dwellers are more likely to have higher form of education which enhances their access to information on prevailing situations including corona virus disease [29] .…”

Awareness, Practice, Knowledge and Attitude toward the COVID-19 among Antenatal Patients at Tertiary Care Hospital

“…[1] It is a recently discovered respiratory condition caused by a single-stranded new RNA virus "Corona virus". [1] The COVID-19 outbreak is putting enormous burden on every ,nation's healthcare systems, producing both economic and social problems [2]. COVID-19 may increase the risk of severe illness in expectant mothers, as well as may lead to lower neonatal outcome.…”

“…[5] Because of the physiological modifications in the cardiopulmonary and immunological systems that occur during pregnancy, women are predisposed to respiratory viral infection. [2,6,7] A greater level of stress and anxiety related symptoms is another factor reported as a high level of fear of COVID-19 infection among the pregnant population, as most of women were worried about their health as well as the health of their newborn babies. [9] Some of the stress inducing factors that affect women in pregnancy include inadequate resources, poor employment conditions, the stress of family and household responsibilities, challenges in intimate relationships, and pregnancy complications.…”