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Women’s awareness regarding warning symptoms during pregnancy in Assiut city

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Background: Awareness about health issues surrounding pregnancy can empower women to improve their health. The aim of the study: was to assess the pregnant women's awareness of warning symptoms during pregnancy. Methods and materials: A descriptive research design study of 400 pregnant women seeking care at 4 Maternal Health care center (MCH) in Assiut city. A structured interviewing sheet designed to collect data from all pregnant women who meeting inclusion criteria. Then giving them brochures of warning symptoms during pregnancy. Awareness was defined as “knowing at least 4 danger signs and symptoms". Results: Overall, 66.0% of the interviewed women were not aware of dangerous symptoms of pregnancy complications. It was observed high statistically significant difference relation between mother's occupation, mother's education and women's awareness of warning symptoms during pregnancy(p >0.05).Conclusion: Awareness of dangerous symptoms of pregnancy complication among women in Assiut city is low .Recommendations: Increase women's awareness about dangers symptoms during pregnancy through the educational program during the ante-natal period

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10.21608/asnj.2016.58634

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Warning Symptoms During Pregnancy & Awareness of Woman

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Samia

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Mahfouz

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Nursing specialist, Central hospital of El Ghanaiem, Egypt

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Ahmed

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Abu EL Hassan

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Assistant Prof. of Obstetrical and Gynecological Medicine Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt,

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Amal

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Arief

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Lecturer of obstetrics and Gynecological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt,

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4

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7

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8893

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2016-04-01

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2019-11-13

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2016-04-01

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46

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55

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2314-8845

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2682-3799

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Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal

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Women’s awareness regarding warning symptoms during pregnancy in Assiut city

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22 Jan 2023