Knowledge, perceived threats and protective behaviour related to COVID 19 among pregnant women.
Asian J Psychiatr
; 72: 103091, 2022 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1773081
ABSTRACT
Pregnancy is usually a period of joy, happiness, and expectation for a baby. However, COVID-19 changed the priority and created an environment of worry, perceived threats, and increased protective behaviour to safeguard mother and baby against COVID-19. METHOD:
A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess, the level of knowledge, perceived threats, protective behavior, and factors affecting protective behavior among pregnant women by using a convenient sampling technique. The questionnaire collected the demographic profile, knowledge related to the risk factors of COVID-19, perceived treats (severity and susceptibility), and protective behaviors adopted by pregnant women.RESULT:
Among the 325 pregnant women, knowledge was high (50.5%), the highest relative Importance Index for perceived susceptibility and severity was coming to hospital visits (0.64), and the belief that COVID-19 is a severe health problem (0.81) respectively. Around 69.8% had followed COVID appropriate protective behaviors. The study also revealed that, a high level of knowledge (AOR=2.45, 95%CI1.45-4.13) and having a university education (AOR= 2.91, 95%CI1.62-5.22) had a significantly higher probability of adapting COVID appropriate behavior among pregnant women.CONCLUSION:
This study emphasizes the need to streamline communication and adequate education for pregnant women which can help reduce perceived threats and improve protective behavior.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
Language:
English
Journal:
Asian J Psychiatr
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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