Impacts of counseling on knowledge, attitude and practice of medication use during pregnancy

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Research Article

Kadir Alam¹  Ramesh Devkota²  Binaya Sapkota³  Deepa Devkota⁴  G. M. Khan⁵ 

[1]B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

[2]Department of Drug Administration, Kathmandu, Nepal

[3]Nobel College, Kathmandu, Nepal

[4]People’s Dental College and Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

[5]Pokhara University, Kaski, Nepal

关键词: Impacts;    Counseling;    Medication;    Pregnancy;    KAP;    Nepal;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12884-017-1316-6

 received in 2016-12-23, accepted in 2017-04-24,  发布年份 2017

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundCounseling has a significant role in improving knowledge, attitude and practice outcomes of pregnant women towards medication use. Proper counseling thus could be beneficial to prevent any medication related misadventure during pregnancy. The present study was aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of pregnant women towards their medications, to provide counseling regarding their understanding of medication use during pregnancy and evaluate the impacts of such counseling.MethodsPre- post interventional (counseling) study was conducted at Manipal Teaching Hospital, Nepal among pregnant women who presented with complication and were prescribed at least one medication. A total of 275 pregnant women were included in the study. A structured questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of pregnant women before and after counseling. The impacts of counseling were then evaluated using suitable statistical methods.ResultsOf the total participants 229 completed the post counseling survey. Majority of the participants were in the age group 20-24 (43.2%), primigravida (59.4%) and in third trimester (58.6%). Housewives comprised 61.1% of participants and majority had received a University degree (33.2%).The mean and median scores assessed before counseling showed that there was no significant difference in the KAP scores with respect to age, trimester and gravidity whereas KAP scores with respect to occupation and level of education were statistically significant. There was an increase in mean and median KAP scores after counseling and the impacts of counseling was found to be statistically significant (p = <0.001).ConclusionCounseling had a positive impact on knowledge, attitude and practice of pregnant women towards medication and thus it could be considered a suitable method to encourage safe medication during pregnancy.

【 授权许可】

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© The Author(s). 2017