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Investigate Healthy and Unhealthy Behaviors among Preeclamptic Women

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Last updated: 15 Feb 2025

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Background: the current study aimed to investigate healthy and unhealthy behavior among preـeclamptic women. Design A descriptive study design was used in the current study. Setting: The study was conducted at the Ain Shams University Maternity Hospital's Antenatal Clinic. Sample: A purposive sample of 186 pregnant women was enrolled in the study. Tools: two tools were used for data collection; I) A structured interviewing questionnaire, and II) A Healthy and Unhealthy behavior Scale. Results: 66.77% of the study subjects had incorrect total knowledge regarding preeclampsia and 33.3% of them had correct total knowledge regarding preeclampsia. Also, 53.8% of the studied women had unhealthy behavior while 46.2% of the studied women had healthy behavior. Additionally, there was a highly significant positive correlation between the total knowledge of the studied women about pre-eclampsia and their total healthy behavior at (P= < 0.01). Conclusion: More than two-thirds of the study subjects had incorrect total knowledge about pre-eclampsia and one-third of them had correct total knowledge about pre-eclampsia. Additionally, the present study results depicted that more than half of the studied women had unhealthy behavior and less than half of them had healthy behavior. Recommendations: Outreach and rising awareness programs related to knowledge, self-care measures, and health behaviors must be designed and implemented to correct unhealthy behaviors and promote healthy ones among preeclamptic women at outpatient clinic.

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10.21608/ejhc.2023.411597

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Healthy, Unhealthy, Behavior, preeclampsia

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Asmaa

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Yehia Khairy

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Master student at faculty of nursing, Ain- shams University

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Kamelia

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Ragab Abou Shabana

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Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecological Nursing faculty of nursing, Ain- shams University

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Amal

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Fathy Mohamed

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Assistant professor of Obstetrics and Gynecological Nursing faculty of nursing, Ain- shams University

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Heba

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Mahamoud Mohamed

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Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecological Nursing faculty of nursing, Ain- shams University

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14

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2

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40375

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2023-06-01

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2025-02-13

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2023-06-01

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1,347

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1687-9546

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3009-6766

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Egyptian Journal of Health Care

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Investigate Healthy and Unhealthy Behaviors among Preeclamptic Women

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15 Feb 2025