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SELF-REPORTED COMPLIANCE WITH ROUTINE PRENATAL MEDICATION BY PREGNANT WOMEN IN A TERTIARY HOSPITAL I ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA

INTRODUCTION Compliance to routine antenatal medications increases a woman’s chances of achieving a normal pregnancy and having a healthy baby. However, non-compliance is a commonly encountered problem in developing countries including Nigeria. This study investigated compliance to routine antenatal medications as reported by pregnant women receiving antenatal care in a tertiary hospital in Enugu State, Nigeria.
METHODS A cross-sectional descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study while simple random sampling technique was used to select the 354 pregnant women at Enugu state teaching hospital. A validated structured questionnaire (α=0.72) was utilized for data collection. Analysis of data involved descriptive and inferential statistics.
RESULTS Only 32% of pregnant women had a good compliance to their routine antenatal drugs while forgetfulness (27.2%) and vomiting as a side effect of the drug (25.7%) were the major barriers to compliance with routine drugs. Furthermore, there was a statistically significant association between respondents’ compliance with antenatal drugs and number of children as well as level of income (p

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Judul Seri
European Journal of Midwifery
No. Panggil
618.2
Penerbit
Nsukka, Nigeria : European Publishing.,
Deskripsi Fisik
7 p
Bahasa
English
ISBN/ISSN
2585-2906
Klasifikasi
618.2
Tipe Isi
text
Tipe Media
unmediated
Tipe Pembawa
-
Edisi
2020;4(December):49
Subjek
kebidanan
Midwifery
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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab
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