Jeffrey S Soni1
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Azuka C Oparah1,
Frederick O Oseji2,
Victoria O Yakubu1,
Maria A Aghahowa3
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Published: 28 December 2018
Citation: Soni JS, Oparah AC, Oseji FO, Yakubu VO, Aghahowa MA. Awareness and attitudes of pregnant women towards hypertension in pregnancy. J Sci Pract Pharm 2018; 5(1):214-215 doi: 10.47227/jsppharm.v5i1.11
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Purpose: To assess the attitude, awareness, knowledge of pregnant women towards hypertension in pregnancy and to determine the influence of social demographic characteristics on the level of awareness. Methods: A descriptive cross sectional survey was carried out, Participants were interviewed the questionnaire used consists of the demographic data, level of knowledge of the women about hypertension in pregnancy as well as the perceived causes of the condition, and the attitude of participants towards hypertension in pregnancy. Responses to interview questions were fed into Microsoft Excel software package and analyzed using SPSS and Graph-pad for descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Of 250 participants, 134 (53.6%) were between 21-30 years, 210 (84%) indicated they have heard of hypertension in pregnancy. 134 (53.6%), 114 (45.6%), strongly agreed that avoiding stress and regular antenatal care. While 90 (36%) strongly disagreed that visiting a traditional healer can help prevent hypertension in pregnancy. Education had a significant influence on awareness of hypertension in pregnancy with p- value <0.05. Conclusion: In this study, more than average awareness and positive attitudes of pregnant women towards hypertension was noticed. Participants had good knowledge of prevention of hypertension in pregnancy. Furthermore, formal education influences awareness and attitude of pregnant women towards hypertension in pregnancy.
