Table 4 Knowledge about danger signs of labour/childbirth among primigravida women in A. A. Government Health facilities, May, 2015
Variables | Response | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Any/ some serious health problem/s that can occur during labour and child birth that could endanger the life of pregnant women (n = 422) | Yes | 302 | 71.6 |
No | 65 | 15.4 | |
Don’t know | 55 | 13.0 | |
Mention vaginal bleeding as danger sing during labour and delivery (n = 302) | Yes | 278 | 65.9 |
No | 24 | 5.7 | |
Mention severe head ache as danger sing during Labour and delivery (n = 302) | Yes | 152 | 36.00 |
No | 150 | 35.00 | |
Mention convulsion as danger sing during Labour and delivery (n = 302) | Yes | 128 | 30.3 |
No | 174 | 41.2 | |
Mention fever as danger sign during Labour and delivery (n = 302) | Yes | 81 | 19.2 |
No | 221 | 52.4 | |
Mention Loss of consciousness as danger sign during Labour and delivery (n = 302) | Yes | 53 | 12.6 |
No | 249 | 59.00 | |
Mention Labour lasting > 12 h (n = 302) | Yes | 144 | 34.2 |
No | 158 | 37.4 | |
Mention placenta not delivered 30 min after the neonate as danger sign during Labour and delivery (n = 302) | Yes | 82 | 19.4 |
No | 220 | 52.1 | |
(Others)a(n = 302) | Yes | 5 | 1.2 |
No | 297 | 70.4 |