Publication: Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and Hospital Experience Regarding COVID-19 among Post-partum Mothers at a Tertiary Care Center: A Cross-sectional Study
Date
2020
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
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Publisher
Kathmandu University
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Background
Pregnant and breastfeeding women are more susceptible to viral infection and in the
year 2020 they have to face the COVID-19 pandemic. Since, no successful treatment
and vaccine has been developed so far, efforts to enhance the knowledge, attitudes,
and practice of the public, especially the high-risk groups like pregnancy and post-
partum period are crucial to manage COVID-19 pandemic.
Objective
To analyze the knowledge, attitude, practice and hospital experience regarding
COVID-19 among post-partum mothers at a tertiary care center of Nepal
Method
The data collection was based on direct interview after receiving written consent from
the research participants, using a semi-structured questionnaire. The questionnaire
consisted of 4 major domains- knowledge (8 questions), attitude (6 questions),
practice (5 questions) and experience (5 questions). Standard descriptive statistics
were used for the data, mean and standard deviation for continuous variables
whereas frequencies and percentages for categorical variables.
Result
A total of 203 post-partum women participated in the study. Almost all the
participants had heard about COVID-19 (96.6%). A majority of them were aware
about how COVID-19 gets transmitted and its preventive measures. Most of the
participants (88.2%) knew that COVID-19 has effects on pregnancy. Almost all of
participants (97%) wore mask during hospital stay. All of the women washed their
hands with soap water or alcohol based sanitizer. A majority of the mothers (79.3%)
wore mask while breastfeeding their baby.
Conclusion
The post-partum mothers have good knowledge, attitude, practice and experiences
regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.
KEY WORDS
Attitude, COVID-19, Experience, Knowledge, Post-partum
Description
Adhikari SP,1 Pariyar J,2 Sapkota K,2 Gurung TK,3 Adhikari SR4
1Paropakar Maternity and Women’s Hospital,
Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
2Bharatpur Hospital,
Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal.
3Gandaki Medical College Teaching Hospital,
Pokhara, Nepal.
4Bharatpur Metropolitan City,
Office of Municipal Executives,
Bharatpur, Chitwan, Nepal.
Keywords
Attitude, COVID-19, Experience, Knowledge, Post-partum