Conference abstract
Factors influencing timing and place of perinatal care among mothers attending infant welfare clinic in a selected hospital in Nigeria
Pan African Medical Journal - Conference Proceedings. 2022:12(11).16
Feb 2022.
doi: 10.11604/pamj-cp.2022.12.11.1231
Archived on: 16 Feb 2022
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Keywords: Factors, antenatal care, delivery, institutionalized, perinatal care
Oral presentation
Factors influencing timing and place of perinatal care among mothers attending infant welfare clinic in a selected hospital in Nigeria
Ruth Oluwatumininu Ololade1,2,&, Iyanu Oluwa Oreofe Ojo2, Damilare Akingbade3
1State College of Nursing, Birnin-kebbi, Kebbi State, Nigeria, 2Institute of Nursing Research, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria, 3Department of Nursing, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, 4The Nethersole School of Nursing, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
&Corresponding author
Introduction: several factors such as maternal and spousal educational status, occupation and household income have been established to influence the utilization of antenatal care services and also the delivery of expectant mothers in institutionalized health facilities especially in developing countries. This study identified factors influencing place and timing of perinatal care among mothers attending infant welfare clinic in a selected hospital in Ibadan, Oyo-state, Nigeria.
Methods: the study employed a descriptive design. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data among 238 participants using a simple random sampling technique. SPSS 20.0 was used in the analysis of data and chi square test of independence was used to test the relationship among variables at p value ≤ 0.05.
Results: the mean age of the participants was 28 years while 89% were Yoruba. The study showed that 46% of the mothers attended their first antenatal care in the second trimester of their pregnancy while 44% attended in the first trimester, 53% of those who attended late did not see the necessity to go early. The major places of choice of antenatal care and delivery include public hospital (47%, 46%), private hospital (22%, 24%) and primary health center (25%, 22%) respectively, which was determined by personal intention, husband/family choice and other factors. Socio-demographic factors associated with the timing of first ANC attendance include age group of the mothers, educational status, occupation, income level and parity with p≤0.01 except marital status (p=0.16). Socio-demographic factors associated with the place of delivery include age group of mothers, educational status, occupation and income level with p<0.01 except marital status (p=0.54) and parity (0.25). 74 women reported pregnancy/ related complications and 48 of them had the complications effectively managed.
Conclusion/Implications to nursing: Majority of the mothers attended antenatal care during their pregnancy, also, many delivered in institutionalized health facilities. However, the timing of first antenatal care is still relatively late for most women. Sensitization should be continuously done by midwives to improve the factors leading to late timing of first antenatal care and delivery in non-institutionalized health facilities.
Factors influencing timing and place of perinatal care among mothers attending infant welfare clinic in a selected hospital in Nigeria
Ruth Oluwatumininu Ololade1,2,&, Iyanu Oluwa Oreofe Ojo2, Damilare Akingbade3
1State College of Nursing, Birnin-kebbi, Kebbi State, Nigeria, 2Institute of Nursing Research, Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria, 3Department of Nursing, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, 4The Nethersole School of Nursing, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
&Corresponding author
Introduction: several factors such as maternal and spousal educational status, occupation and household income have been established to influence the utilization of antenatal care services and also the delivery of expectant mothers in institutionalized health facilities especially in developing countries. This study identified factors influencing place and timing of perinatal care among mothers attending infant welfare clinic in a selected hospital in Ibadan, Oyo-state, Nigeria.
Methods: the study employed a descriptive design. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data among 238 participants using a simple random sampling technique. SPSS 20.0 was used in the analysis of data and chi square test of independence was used to test the relationship among variables at p value ≤ 0.05.
Results: the mean age of the participants was 28 years while 89% were Yoruba. The study showed that 46% of the mothers attended their first antenatal care in the second trimester of their pregnancy while 44% attended in the first trimester, 53% of those who attended late did not see the necessity to go early. The major places of choice of antenatal care and delivery include public hospital (47%, 46%), private hospital (22%, 24%) and primary health center (25%, 22%) respectively, which was determined by personal intention, husband/family choice and other factors. Socio-demographic factors associated with the timing of first ANC attendance include age group of the mothers, educational status, occupation, income level and parity with p≤0.01 except marital status (p=0.16). Socio-demographic factors associated with the place of delivery include age group of mothers, educational status, occupation and income level with p<0.01 except marital status (p=0.54) and parity (0.25). 74 women reported pregnancy/ related complications and 48 of them had the complications effectively managed.
Conclusion/Implications to nursing: Majority of the mothers attended antenatal care during their pregnancy, also, many delivered in institutionalized health facilities. However, the timing of first antenatal care is still relatively late for most women. Sensitization should be continuously done by midwives to improve the factors leading to late timing of first antenatal care and delivery in non-institutionalized health facilities.
