An assessment of pregnant women's COVID-19 knowledge, practice, and obstacles to adopting preventative Interventions

ABSTRACT

S Introduction: Covid 19 has given birth to toils and troubles all around the globe. It has raised havocs in Pakistan as well. All the strata of the society have bear the brunt brought by pandemic. Pregnant females in Pakistan are already suffering various health issues where invasion of Covid 19 has added insult to the injury. Objective(s) This study is aimed at investing the level of knowledge among pregnant females in Pakistan about the signs and symptoms, transmission and prevention measures needed to decrease dissemination of the disease. This study also tries to elaborate the existing level of compliance in pregnant females to preventive interventions as well as major obstacles that are disturbing their compliance. Methodology: This is a cross sectional study in which 729 females visiting tehsil headquarters hospitals of Pakistan were taken as a sample. A research questionnaire was designed investigation 4 variables including demography of the sample, disease knowledge, preventive practices and obstacles in following preventive practices. Result(s) this study has revealed that 63% of the pregnant females in Pakistan have an adequate knowledge about Covid 19 disease while there is variability in frequency of compliance to Covid 19 preventive measures. This study has also revealed that cultural hesitancy has emerged as a main obstacle in promoting compliance to safety measures along with positive correlation between disease knowledge and compliance to safety measures. Copyright © 2022, Anka Publishers. All rights reserved.