Knowledge and practice to prevent COVID-19 and its associated factors among pregnant women in Debre Tabor Town Northwest Ethiopia, a community-based cross-sectional study

Abstract

Background Coronavirus disease is now a global concern with the non-availability of antiviral treatment and attacks all groups of the population. Hence, applying preventive measures is the most critical intervention to control the infection. Pregnant women are particularly susceptible to respiratory pathogens because of their immunosuppressive state and physiological adaptive change during pregnancy. Therefore, this study was aimed to assess knowledge and practice to prevent coronavirus disease and its associated factors among pregnant women in Debre Tabor Town. Methods Community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 422 participants from May 25–June 15, 2020. A simple random sampling technique was employed. Data were collected by face-to-face interview using a structured and pre-tested questionnaire and analysis using SPSS version 23. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis was carried out and p-value < 0.05 at 95% CI were considered as statistically significant. Results Overall 46.8 and 47.6% of women were knowledgeable and had good practice to prevent coronavirus respectively. Women’s age (15–24 years) (AOR = 4.85, 95% CI: 1.34–5.42), educational status (AOR:3.70; 95% CI: 1.16–5.40) being civil servant (AOR:2.84; 95% CI: 1.55–5.21), wanted pregnancy (AOR:3.37; 95% CI: 1.20–9.45), antenatal care follow-up (AOR:2.07; 95% CI: 1.03–4.13) were significantly associated with COVID-19 knowledge, whereas educational status (AOR:3.78; 95% CI: 1.19–5.11), number of children (AOR:2.89; 95% CI: 1.29–6.45) and knowledge (AOR:8.42;95% CI: 4.50–15.85), were also found to be statistically significant with practice. Conclusions Most of the participants had poor knowledge and inappropriate practice. Increasing health education programs via different media, coordinated and combined efforts of authorities and all individuals will be needed to battles the spread of the infection.

Compliance with COVID-19 Preventive Measures and Associated Factors Among Women Attending Antenatal Care at Public Health Facilities of Debre Berhan Town, Ethiopia

“…On the contrary, the findings from previous studies done in Wollega Zone (43.6%), 42 Debre Tabor (47.6%), 43 Ghana (46.6%), 44 and low-resource African settings (30.3%) 33 which were lower than our finding. The possible discrepancy might be the difference in the study setting, socio-demographic characteristics, and study participants.…”

“…This finding is consistent with the study conducted in Nigeria and Debre Tabor; women’s Knowledge on COVID-19 had a substantial impact on the attitude and practice of the preventive measures. 29 , 43 , 48 The reason for this could be that knowing about COVID-19 preventive measures enhances the level of understanding about its consequences, which in turn determines to have good compliance.…”

Preconception Care Utilization and Its Associated Factors Among Women in Debre Tabor Town Northwest Ethiopia: Community Based Cross-Sectional Study

“…According to 2019 data from the town health department, there were a total of 19,936 households (HH) and 85,727 peoples of which 49.6% (42,521) and 50.4% (43,206) were men and women, respectively. Of the total 43,206 women, 20.96% (17,968) are found in childbearing age group (i.e., 15–49 years; Ayele, Mihretie, et al, 2021).…”

Knowledge, perception, and behavior of pregnant women against COVID-19 transmission

“…Research conducted by Shivanagappal [21], Awad et al [25], Nwafor et al [26], Aghababaei et al [27], Alemu Degu et al [28] also found that the knowledge of pregnant women about the transmission of COVID-19 was high. On the other hand, research conducted by Fikadu et al [29] and Ayele et al [30] found that the knowledge and practice of pregnant women regarding COVID-19 were poor.…”