Salmeen D Babelghaith, Ibrahim Sales, Wajid Syed, Mohamed N Al-Arifi
The use of complementary and alternative medicine for functional gastrointestinal disorders among the saudi population
Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society
delays seeking care health facilities pregnancy childbirth potentially lead adverse outcomes women obstetric complications complications lead maternal mortality morbidity developing countries ethiopia magnitude underlying causes maternal first delay ethiopia particularly rural areas country well documented study aims assess magnitude delay decision seek care associated factors among mothers gave birth rural health centers wolaita zone southern ethiopia facilitybased crosssectional study undertaken among mothers gave birth rural health centers wolaita zone southern ethiopia 30 june 2020 30 july 2022 sample size 410 study participants selected public health center using systematic random sampling method data collected pretested structured questionnaire using open data kit analysis carried using spss version 25 determining factors first delay identified using binary logistic regression variables pvalue less 025 binary analysis selected multivariable analysis variables pvalue less 005 considered statistically significant magnitude delay decision seek care health facilities 421 among mothers gave birth rural health centers wolaita zone southern ethiopia unemployed mothers adjusted odd ratio 2529 95 ci 1546 4136 husbands formal education adjusted odd ratio 1290 95 ci 1029 1616 mothers negative attitudes towards seeking care health facilities adjusted odd ratio 1695 95 ci 1061 2709 significantly associated delay decision seek care health facility magnitude first maternal decision seek care health facilities among mothers high study area efforts made strengthen literacy level husbands mothers increase household income various incomegenerating approaches addition dissemination health information could effectively raise community awareness importance institutional delivery