Table 4 Characteristics of knowledge of danger signs of pregnancy among participants, Amibara Woreda, Afar Region, Ethiopia, 2018. (N = 361)
Variables | Response Yes Or No | Awareness | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pregnancy | Labor/child birth | Postpartum | |||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Knowledge of Obstetric Danger signs | Yes | 277 | 76.73 | 282 | 78.12 | 196 | 54.29 |
No | 84 | 23.27 | 79 | 21.88 | 165 | 45.71 | |
Vaginal bleeding | Yes | 210 | 58.17 | ||||
No | 151 | 41.83 | |||||
Blurred vision | Yes | 21 | 5.82 | ||||
No | 340 | 94.18 | |||||
Swollen hand/face | Yes | 139 | 38.50 | ||||
No | 222 | 61.50 | |||||
Convulsion | Yes | 31 | 8.59 | ||||
No | 330 | 91.41 | |||||
Loss of consciousness | Yes | 38 | 8.53 | 52 | 14.40 | 65 | 18.01 |
No | 323 | 90.47 | 309 | 85.60 | 296 | 81.99 | |
Severe abdominal pain | Yes | 81 | 22.44 | ||||
No | 280 | 77.56 | |||||
Amniotic fluid leak before labor start | Yes | 48 | 13.30 | ||||
No | 313 | 86.70 | |||||
Accelerated/reduced fetal movement | Yes | 16 | 4.43 | ||||
No | 345 | 95.57 | |||||
Severe vaginal bleeding | Yes | 177 | 49.03 | 144 | 39.89 | ||
No | 184 | 50.97 | 217 | 60.11 | |||
Placenta not delivered in 30 min | Yes | 164 | 45.43 | ||||
No | 197 | 54.57 | |||||
Labor last > 12 h | Yes | 173 | 47.92 | ||||
No | 188 | 52.08 | |||||
Having high grade fever | yes | 41 | 11.36 | ||||
No | 320 | 88.64 | |||||
Foul smelling vaginal discharge | yes | 47 | 13.02 | ||||
No | 314 | 86.98 | |||||