Ramesh Devkota|Gulam Muhammad Khan|Kadir Alam|Binaya Sapkota|Deepa Devkota
Impacts of counseling on knowledge, attitude and practice of medication use during pregnancy
NLR Nepal|Pokhara University|B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences|Nobel Academy
counseling significant role improving knowledge attitude practice outcomes pregnant women towards medication use proper counseling thus could beneficial prevent medication related misadventure pregnancy present study aimed assess knowledge attitude practice kap pregnant women towards medications provide counseling regarding understanding medication use pregnancy evaluate impacts counseling pre post interventional counseling study conducted manipal teaching hospital nepal among pregnant women presented complication prescribed least one medication total 275 pregnant women included study structured questionnaire used assess knowledge attitude practice pregnant women counseling impacts counseling evaluated using suitable statistical methods total participants 229 completed post counseling survey majority participants age group 2024 432 primigravida 594 third trimester 586 housewives comprised 611 participants majority received university degree 332 mean median scores assessed counseling showed significant difference kap scores respect age trimester gravidity whereas kap scores respect occupation level education statistically significant increase mean median kap scores counseling impacts counseling found statistically significant p 0001 counseling positive impact knowledge attitude practice pregnant women towards medication thus could considered suitable method encourage safe medication pregnancy