Awareness and attitude towards modes of delivery among pregnant women attending at teaching hospital bharatpur

  • Phursang Ghising Nursing Officer, Chitwan Medical College, Chitwan, Nepal
  • Taniya Thapa Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur-13, Chitwan, Nepal
Keywords: Awareness, Attitude, Modes of Delivery, Pregnant Women

Abstract

For a healthy women population, the choice of delivery option is an important decision. Expectant parents make many choices which usually include the site for delivery (hospital, birth centre, or home), and the choice between spontaneous vaginal delivery and caesarean section. The main objective of this study was to assess awareness and attitude towards the modes of delivery among pregnant women attending teaching hospital. A descriptive cross-sectional study was undertaken in ANC OPD of Chitwan Medical College Teaching Hospital, Bharatpur. A total of 106 pregnant women attending ANC OPD who were at 28 weeks and above gestation at the time of data collection were selected by using the convenience sampling technique and were interviewed with a structured questionnaire. A questionnaire consists 17 questions for knowledge assessment and 20 questions for attitude assessment. Obtained data were entered into SPSS version 20 for window and analysed using descriptive statistics. The finding of the study revealed that among 106 pregnant women, 67.9% were aware of modes of delivery and more than half (52.8%) had a positive attitude towards modes of delivery. There was a significant association between pregnant women’s awareness and education status (p<0.012). The attitude of pregnant women is significantly associated with age (p<0.017) and previous mode of delivery of first child (p<0.000). This study also showed statistically significant relationship between the total score of awareness and attitude towards modes of delivery (p<0.001). The study concluded that a considerable proportion of pregnant women are not aware and have a negative attitude towards modes of delivery. So there is a need to organize the program for pregnant women to enhance further awareness and attitude towards modes of delivery along in safe motherhood program.

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Author Biographies

Phursang Ghising, Nursing Officer, Chitwan Medical College, Chitwan, Nepal

Nursing Officer, Chitwan Medical College, Chitwan, Nepal

Taniya Thapa, Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur-13, Chitwan, Nepal

Department of Nursing, Chitwan Medical College, Bharatpur-13, Chitwan, Nepal

Published
2021-01-31
How to Cite
Ghising, P., & Thapa, T. (2021). Awareness and attitude towards modes of delivery among pregnant women attending at teaching hospital bharatpur. International Journal of Medical Studies, 6(1), 15-31. Retrieved from http://ijmsonline.in/index.php/ijms/article/view/163