Pregnant Women’s Perception of Corona Virus Pandemic, and the Precautionary Measures they adopt toward Curtailing the Pandemic in South-South Nigeria
Journal Title: International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Analysis - Year 2022, Vol 5, Issue 07
Abstract
The decreased immunologic competency during pregnancy calls for intensified precautionary measures against corona virus disease among pregnant women. This Cross-Sectional study focused on pregnant women’s perception of corona-virus pandemic and the precautionary measures they adopt toward curtailing the pandemic. The objectives of the study were to determine pregnant women’s view/beliefs about Covid-19 pandemic, the extent of their compliance with wearing of face masks and maintenance of social distancing. Multistage sampling technique was used to select 144 pregnant women from the primary, secondary and tertiary health facilities in Edo State out of the six States that constitute South-South Nigeria. The instrument used for data collection was a self-developed Questionnaire on pregnant women’s Perception and the precautionary measures they adopt for corona-virus pandemic (QPWPPMCP). The reliability of the instrument was conducted using internal consistency test for reliability, and the Cronbach alpha yielded coefficient of 0.711. Data collected were analysed using frequencies, percentages, mean and Spearman Rank Order correlation. Majority of the respondents indicated that Covid-19 is real (87.5%) and is existing (86.1%). 63.9% indicated that Covid-19 is caused by germ, 68.1% indicated that they always wore face masks, and 73.6% maintained physical/social distancing. There was significant relationships between pregnant women’s view about existence of Covid-19 and their compliance with wearing of face masks (rho = 0.334; p-value = < 0.001), as well as between belief about cause of Covid-19 and wearing of face masks (rho = 0.173; p-value = 0.038).
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Chiejina Edith Nkechi, Kanikwu Phoebe Nwamaka
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- EP ID EP708632
- DOI 10.47191/ijmra/v5-i7-25
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