Investigation into Factors Causing Pregnant Women in Ede South Local Government Area, Osun State, To Underutilize Antenatal Care Services
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https://doi.org/10.51699/ijhsms.v2i3.1265Keywords:
pregnant women, antenatal care, health, birthAbstract
In order to manage and prevent complications related to pregnancy and delivery, antenatal care offers an estimate of key health issues, such as health promotion, illness prevention, screening, diagnosis, and management of disease conditions. Consequently, the study's goal was to determine what variables may be causing pregnant women in Ede South Local Government Area, Osun State, Nigeria, to underuse antenatal care services.
Descriptive cross-sectional survey design was utilized and data collected using pre-tested self-developed structured questionnaire, using the sample size of 422. Leslie Kish formula is used with a prevalence of 49% at a significant level of 5%. Chi square testing was done with the p-value of <0.05.
Primary healthcare facilities were chosen using a multi-stage sample procedure, and respondents were chosen using straightforward random sampling methods. With the assistance of 4 trained assistant data collectors, a total of 422 questionnaires were distributed. 400 of the total recovered questionnaires might be used for analysis. Software SPSS version 21 was used for data analysis. At a significance level of 0.05, two hypotheses were investigated using descriptive and inferential statistics (chi-square and regression).
Findings revealed 92% had a good attitude towards the ANC services, while 96% of the respondents had a good practice on the ANC services while 97% of the respondents report that health workers had good attitude towards the patients. This study shows that Age range (P-value =0.014, df=7, X2 = 17.661) educational status (P-value =0.045, df=4, X2 = 9.726), husband educational status (P-value =0.000, df=4, X2 = 29.677), number of children (P-value =0.004, df=5, X2 = 17.123), residence (P-value =0.044, df=2, X2 = 6.229), types of family setting (P-value =0.000, df=4, X2 = 123.814) and distance of health facility (P-value =0.000, df=3, X2 = 160.619) are factors that influence the underutilization of ANC services.
According to the study's findings, pregnant women use antenatal care services well, and health care professionals adopt an excellent approach. In order to identify and address any potential issues that could lower the level of infant morbidity and death, it is important to encourage women to take advantage of the free maternal care services that are offered in all government health facilities.
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