Silke Kuske, Juliane Köberlein-Neu
[Implementing systematically: To what extent can implementation science make an educational contribution to health care practice?]
Zeitschrift fur Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitat im Gesundheitswesen
hypertensive disorders pregnancy contribute significantly maternal neonatal morbidity mortality globally healthseeking behaviour influenced adequate knowledge condition however current data pregnant womens knowledge condition healthseeking behaviour relatively scant ghana previously studied central region hypertensive disorders pregnancy leading cause maternal mortality 2016 2018 study sought generate data fill knowledge gap crosssectional study conducted among 404 pregnant women attending antenatal clinic cape coast teaching hospital 1 april 30 september 2020 data sociodemographic characteristics including age level education parity knowledge hypertensive disorders pregnancy including risk factors clinical presentations complications collected using structured questionnaires outcome variable knowledge hypertensive disorders pregnancy composite variable categorized adequate inadequate knowledge descriptive statistics generated association independent outcome variables explored using chisquare fishers exact tests logistic regression methods sixtytwo participants 154 showed adequate knowledge hypertensive disorders pregnancy 62 251404 respondents heard hypertensive disorders pregnancy heard hypertensive disorders pregnancy 294 72245 correctly indicated condition underlined hypertension pregnancy 20 weeks gestation women tertiary education six times likely adequate hypertensive disorders pregnancy knowledge basic education women parity 14 52 less likely adequate knowledge compared nulliparous women remarkably low proportion pregnant women adequate knowledge hypertensive disorders pregnancy study worrisome potential adverse implication health mothers babies repackaging antenatal health education programme delivery needed greater impact far hypertensive disorders pregnancy morbiditymortality concerned