Revista de embarazo y salud infantil

Abstracto

Predictors of Womens Perception of Intrapartum Care in a Secondary Health Facility in Calabar Metropolis, Cross River State, Nigeria

Ojong Idang Neji, Nwakwue Ndukaku, Uka Victoria Kalu and Obi Blessing

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.