Olayinka Adeyosola Adijat*,Alib Elizabeth Folakemi, Atolagbe James E
This study assessed the awareness and knowledge of hypertension in pregnancy among women attending antenatal clinic at State Hospital, Oke-Ogbo, assess the level of knowledge of gestation hypertension among women attending antenatal clinic. This study used a descriptive survey that employed quantitative methods. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 240 eligible respondents from State Hospital, Oke-Ogbo, Ile-Ife. An interviewer administered questionnaire was used to collect information. The data were analysed using Descriptive and Inferential Statistics.
The data were subjected to univariate, bivariate and multivariate analyses. The association between socio-demographic, socioeconomic, obstetric, lifestyle characteristic factors and hypertension in pregnancy was determined using chi square test. The risk factors associated with hypertension in pregnancy were identified using binary logistic regression analysis. The level of significance was determined at p-value less than 0.05. The results showed that 91.6% of the respondents are within age group 21-30 years, 85.8% are Yoruba.
Respondents (59%) have heard of hypertension in pregnancy and respondents (85.8%) had health workers as the major source of information. Respondents (88%) reported irregular heartbeats as sign and symptoms, early morning headache (77.1%) and swollen legs (60.4%). The level of knowledge of hypertension in pregnancy among the respondents showed that 45.0% of them had good knowledge, and 24% had fair knowledge while 31% had poor knowledge. Majority of the pregnant women are aware and have good knowledge of hypertension in pregnancy. Unmarried (single mothers), ethnicity (non Yoruba’s), primigravida and family history of hypertension were the risk
factors significantly associated with hypertension in pregnancy.
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