UgochukwuUchenna Onyeonoro|A U Ukegbu|ObiageliF Emelumadu|Nkiru Nwamaka Ezeama|Chigozie Ozoemena Ifeadike|Okezie Obasi Kanu
Perception of quality of maternal healthcare services among women utilising antenatal services in selected primary health facilities in Anambra State, Southeast Nigeria
Nnamdi Azikiwe University|Nnamdi Azikiwe University|Nnamdi Azikiwe University|University of Lagos
background crosssectional descriptive study aimed assessing antenatal care service attendees perception quality maternal healthcare mhc services anambra state southeast nigeria materials methods total 310 pregnant women utilising antenatal care anc services three purposively selected primary health centres phcs rural communities anambra state studied reponses elicited participants selected consecutively 4month period using pretested semistructured intervieweradministered questionnaire sociodemographic characteristics utilisation perception mhc services data collected analysed using spss version 17 results findings showed utilisation facility antenatal 970 95 ci 944984 natal services 927 95 ci 892952 quite high generally women satisfied mhc services 897 satisfied staff attitude 851 waiting time 841 cost services 795 30 years x2 461 p 0032 married x2 970 p 0008 multiparous x 2 914 p 0028 well utilisation formal health facility antenatal x2 2694 p 0000 natal x2 3342 p 0000 services associated satisfaction maternal health services conclusions study showed high level satisfaction quality maternal health services among antenatal attendees highlights need strengthen interventions increase uptake formal mhc services