Predictors of Womens Perception of Intrapartum Care in a Secondary Health Facility in Calabar Metropolis, Cross River State, Nigeria
Received Date: May 02, 2019 / Accepted Date: Jun 04, 2019 / Published Date: Jun 11, 2019
Abstract
Introduction: The study investigated the predictors of women’s perception of intra partum care in a secondary health facility in Calabar Metropolis. Four research questions and one hypothesis guided the study.
Methods: The study adopted a descriptive survey design. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 175 for the study. A self-developed well validated four sections questionnaire with reliability co-efficient of 0.78 was the instrument for data collection. Data were analyzed using simple percentages and hypothesis was tested using Chisquare analysis at 0.05 level of significance.
Results: The results revealed that 136 (77%) respondents had good knowledge, 107 (61.1%) had positive attitude. Influence of educational attainment on perception was 90 (51.4%) positive. There was significant association between age and women’s perception with x2 calculated of 23.82 greater than x2 critical of 11.07 with 5 degree of freedom.
Keywords: Intra partum care; Predictors; Perception; Secondary health facility; Nigeria
Citation: Neji OI, Ndukaku N, Kalu UV, Blessing O (2019) Predictors of Women’s Perception of Intrapartum Care in a Secondary Health Facility in Calabar Metropolis, Cross River State, Nigeria. J Preg Child Health 6: 415.
Copyright: © 2019 Neji OI, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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