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

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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., 2020

Deskripsi Fisik

7 p

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

2585-2906

Klasifikasi

618.2

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unmediated

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Edisi

2020;4(December):49

Subjek

kebidanan
Midwifery

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