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Perception of Ghanaian Primigravidas Undergoing Their First Antenatal Ultrasonography in Cape Coast

Ultrasound scans have become an essential requirement of pregnancy care in countries with developed health services and increasingly being used in medical practice in Ghana as well. The aim of this study was to find out the perception of primigravidas experiencing antenatal ultrasonography for the f...

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Autores principales: Edzie, Emmanuel Kobina Mesi, Dzefi-Tettey, Klenam, Gorleku, Philip Narteh, Ampofo, James William, Piersson, Albert Dayor, Asemah, Abdul Raman, Kusodzi, Henry, Edzie, Richard Ato
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7603634/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33149949
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/4589120
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author Edzie, Emmanuel Kobina Mesi
Dzefi-Tettey, Klenam
Gorleku, Philip Narteh
Ampofo, James William
Piersson, Albert Dayor
Asemah, Abdul Raman
Kusodzi, Henry
Edzie, Richard Ato
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Dzefi-Tettey, Klenam
Gorleku, Philip Narteh
Ampofo, James William
Piersson, Albert Dayor
Asemah, Abdul Raman
Kusodzi, Henry
Edzie, Richard Ato
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description Ultrasound scans have become an essential requirement of pregnancy care in countries with developed health services and increasingly being used in medical practice in Ghana as well. The aim of this study was to find out the perception of primigravidas experiencing antenatal ultrasonography for the first time in Cape Coast. This was a descriptive, prospective study which employed the use of a questionnaire to obtain data from 384 consented respondents, who were primigravidas experiencing antenatal ultrasonography for the first time in three selected public health facilities in Cape Coast Metropolis over a six-month period. Sociodemographic data, reasons for undergoing antenatal ultrasound, their expectations, knowledge in fetal abnormalities, and suggestions to help improve their future experiences were collected. The data were analyzed using SPSS software, version 20.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Out of a total number of 384 respondents, 87.8% of them knew about what ultrasound is used for. 87.5% scanned because a doctor or midwife requested for the scan whilst 53.9% scanned to check for fetal abnormalities. 98.4% indicated that ultrasound scanning has positive effects on pregnancy outcome. An expensive service was stated as a negative reason that would influence the decision to undergo the examination next time; nonetheless, 90.4% would recommend it to other women and suggested showing the fetus on monitor while scanning and providing accurate findings would make their future experiences better. The perception of the primigravidas was largely positive. Checking for fetal abnormalities was a major reason for the scans, although their knowledge in specific fetal abnormalities was low. They expected to know the fetal sex, but that was not a major reason for scanning. Showing them the monitor was the most frequent suggestion to make future experience better.
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spelling pubmed-76036342020-11-03 Perception of Ghanaian Primigravidas Undergoing Their First Antenatal Ultrasonography in Cape Coast Edzie, Emmanuel Kobina Mesi Dzefi-Tettey, Klenam Gorleku, Philip Narteh Ampofo, James William Piersson, Albert Dayor Asemah, Abdul Raman Kusodzi, Henry Edzie, Richard Ato Radiol Res Pract Research Article Ultrasound scans have become an essential requirement of pregnancy care in countries with developed health services and increasingly being used in medical practice in Ghana as well. The aim of this study was to find out the perception of primigravidas experiencing antenatal ultrasonography for the first time in Cape Coast. This was a descriptive, prospective study which employed the use of a questionnaire to obtain data from 384 consented respondents, who were primigravidas experiencing antenatal ultrasonography for the first time in three selected public health facilities in Cape Coast Metropolis over a six-month period. Sociodemographic data, reasons for undergoing antenatal ultrasound, their expectations, knowledge in fetal abnormalities, and suggestions to help improve their future experiences were collected. The data were analyzed using SPSS software, version 20.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Out of a total number of 384 respondents, 87.8% of them knew about what ultrasound is used for. 87.5% scanned because a doctor or midwife requested for the scan whilst 53.9% scanned to check for fetal abnormalities. 98.4% indicated that ultrasound scanning has positive effects on pregnancy outcome. An expensive service was stated as a negative reason that would influence the decision to undergo the examination next time; nonetheless, 90.4% would recommend it to other women and suggested showing the fetus on monitor while scanning and providing accurate findings would make their future experiences better. The perception of the primigravidas was largely positive. Checking for fetal abnormalities was a major reason for the scans, although their knowledge in specific fetal abnormalities was low. They expected to know the fetal sex, but that was not a major reason for scanning. Showing them the monitor was the most frequent suggestion to make future experience better. Hindawi 2020-10-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7603634/ /pubmed/33149949 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/4589120 Text en Copyright © 2020 Emmanuel Kobina Mesi Edzie et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Dzefi-Tettey, Klenam
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Ampofo, James William
Piersson, Albert Dayor
Asemah, Abdul Raman
Kusodzi, Henry
Edzie, Richard Ato
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title_sort perception of ghanaian primigravidas undergoing their first antenatal ultrasonography in cape coast
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7603634/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33149949
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/4589120
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