Table 3 Women’s awareness of obstetric danger signs during pregnancy, birth and postpartum
Obstetric danger signs | Awareness | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pregnancy | Labor/Childbirth | Postpartum | ||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Vaginal bleeding | 214 | 61.1 | 256 | 73.1 | 203 | 58.0 |
Fits of pregnancy | 15 | 4.3 | 11 | 3.1 | 2 | 0.6 |
Swelling of face/lower limbs | 52 | 14.9 | 98 | 28.0 | ||
High grade fever | 20 | 5.7 | 13 | 3.7 | 18 | 5.1 |
Loss of consciousness | 41 | 11.7 | 3 | 0.9 | 29 | 8.3 |
Severe headache | 39 | 11.1 | 19 | 5.4 | 67 | 19.1 |
Dizziness/blurred vision | 31 | 8.9 | 22 | 6.3 | ||
Severe abdominal pain | 50 | 14.3 | 46 | 13.1 | ||
Baby does not move | 22 | 6.3 | ||||
Difficulty in breathing | 14 | 4.0 | 9 | 2.6 | ||
Severe weakness | 67 | 19.1 | 41 | 11.7 | ||
Water breaks without labor | 88 | 25.1 | ||||
Prolonged labor | 48 | 13.7 | ||||
Retained placenta | 125 | 35.7 | ||||
Foul smelling vaginal discharge | 30 | 8.6 | ||||
Do not know any of the above | 54 | 15.4 | 79 | 22.6 | 62 | 17.7 |