Pregnant women's knowledge of pregnancy emergency signs and compliance with antenatal care examinations
Keywords:
antenatal care, compliance, knowledgeAbstract
Emergencies in pregnancy need to be detected early to identify pregnant women who may experience complications in their pregnancy, so that treatment can be done immediately. Knowledge of pregnant women about emergency signs of pregnancy can affect the attitudes and behavior of pregnant women about their pregnancy care. The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between knowledge of pregnant women's knowledge about emergency signs of pregnancy and compliance in antenatal care examinations. In this study using a correlational design with a cross-sectional approach. With a sample of 30 respondents, with an accidental sampling technique. Data was collected by filling out a closed questionnaire, the results of the questionnaire were tabulated, and data analysis was carried out. The results of the Chi-Square test of the relationship between knowledge of pregnant women about emergency signs of pregnancy and compliance with antenatal care examinations obtained a p-value = 0.002, and p-value is less than 0.05 or 0.002 <0.05, it is concluded that there is a relationship between knowledge of pregnant women about signs of pregnancy with antenatal care examination compliance. Thus, pregnant women who obediently perform antenatal care have good knowledge about emergency signs of pregnancy.
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