Table 3 Knowledge of mothers about obstetric danger signs during pregnancy, delivery and postpartum period in Raya Kobo district, North-eastern Ethiopia, March 2016
Danger signs | Knowledge of danger signs during | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pregnancy | Labour & delivery | Postpartum | ||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Vaginal bleeding | 364 | 83.5 | 415 | 91.2 | 371 | 89.2 |
Severe headache | 107 | 24.5 | 46 | 10.1 | 96 | 23.1 |
Blurred vision | 34 | 7.8 | NA | NA | 37 | 8.9 |
Convulsion | 25 | 5.7 | 12 | 2.6 | 33 | 7.9 |
Swollen hands/feet | 56 | 12.8 | NA | NA | 88 | 21.2 |
High fever | 23 | 5.3 | 15 | 3.3 | 21 | 5 |
Loss of consciousness | 35 | 8 | 36 | 7.9 | 35 | 8.4 |
Difficulty in breathing | 15 | 3.4 | NA | NA | 15 | 3.6 |
Severe weakness | 71 | 16.3 | NA | NA | 77 | 18.5 |
Severe abdominal pain | 130 | 29.8 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Increased/decreased fetal movement | 166 | 38.1 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Water breaks without labor | 155 | 35.6 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Labor > 12 h | NA | NA | 129 | 28.4 | NA | NA |
Retained placenta | NA | NA | 267 | 58.7 | NA | NA |
Offensive vaginal discharge | NA | NA | NA | NA | 97 | 23.3 |
Others | 6 | 1.4* | 48 | 10.5** | 12 | 2.9*** |