Hye Yoon Lee, So Jung Yune, Sang Yeoup Lee, Sunju Im, Bee Sung Kam
The impact of repeated item development training on the prediction of medical faculty members' item difficulty index
BMC medical education
gambia 12th highest maternal mortality rate world 80 deaths resulting avoidable causes unawareness pregnancy danger signs ds shown barrier seeking obstetric care appbased education intervention shown promise aim assess patient awareness ds identify barriers awareness evaluate potential implementing smartphonebased technologies education crosssectional semistructured survey administered gambian women n 100 across five hospitalshealth centers data informed consent collected via online survey portal analysis included bivariate analysis descriptive statistics p 005 significance level recall 02 ds per category classified low knowledge 35 moderate knowledge 6 sufficient knowledge crosscategory recall quantified overall awareness level 06 low 712 moderate 13 sufficient n 28 total ds although 75 participants n 100 selfperceived sufficient knowledge ds average recall two sd 2 n 11 pregnancy ds one labor delivery ds sd 1 n 8 one postpartum ds sd 1 n 9 twentyone women unable recall danger signs low awareness identified 77 women 23 0 women showed moderate sufficient overall awareness respectively education level significantly correlated overall danger sign recall 98 243 p 015 awareness level 98 265 p 008 monthly income significantly correlated awareness level 97 311 p 002 smartphone ownership reported 76 women 97 expressed interest using appbased video 94 provider 93 teaching women low knowledge obstetric danger signs true awareness danger signs remarkably lower selfperceived knowledge however patients exhibited proper healthcareseeking behavior danger signs arose findings suggest video messagingbased education local healthcare providers may effective ds educational interventions