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Maternal health care services utilization amidstCOVID-19 pandemic in West Shoa zone, central Ethiopia

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. Despite strong efforts that have been taking place to control the pandemic globally, the virus is on the rise in many countries. Hence, this study assessed the maternal health care services utilizatio...

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Autores principales: Temesgen, Kababa, Wakgari, Negash, Debelo, Bikila Tefera, Tafa, Belay, Alemu, Getu, Wondimu, Fikadu, Gudisa, Tolera, Gishile, Tolosa, Daba, Gurmesa, Bulto, Gizachew Abdissa, Soboka, Bikila
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7997037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33770120
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249214
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author Temesgen, Kababa
Wakgari, Negash
Debelo, Bikila Tefera
Tafa, Belay
Alemu, Getu
Wondimu, Fikadu
Gudisa, Tolera
Gishile, Tolosa
Daba, Gurmesa
Bulto, Gizachew Abdissa
Soboka, Bikila
author_facet Temesgen, Kababa
Wakgari, Negash
Debelo, Bikila Tefera
Tafa, Belay
Alemu, Getu
Wondimu, Fikadu
Gudisa, Tolera
Gishile, Tolosa
Daba, Gurmesa
Bulto, Gizachew Abdissa
Soboka, Bikila
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description The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. Despite strong efforts that have been taking place to control the pandemic globally, the virus is on the rise in many countries. Hence, this study assessed the maternal health care services utilization amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in West Shoa zone, Central Ethiopia. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 844 pregnant women or those who gave birth in the last 6 months before the study. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select the study participants. The data were collected through face-to-face interviews using a semi-structured questionnaire. Logistic regressions were performed to identify the presence of significant associations, and an adjusted odds ratio with 95%CI was employed for the strength and directions of association between the independent and outcome variables. A P-value of <0.05 was used to declare statistical significance. The prevalence of maternal health service utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic was 64.8%. The odds of maternal health service utilization was higher among mothers who had primary (AOR = 2.16, 95%CI: 1.29–3.60), secondary (AOR = 1.97, 95%CI: 1.13–3.44), and college and above education (AOR = 2.89, 95%CI: 1.34–6.22) than those who could not read and write. Besides, mothers who did travel 30–60 minutes (AOR = 0.37, 95%CI: 0.23–0.59) and 60-90minutes (AOR = 0.10, 95%CI: 0.05–0.19) to reach the health facility had a lower odds of maternal health service utilization than those who did travel <30 minutes. Moreover, mothers who earn 1000–2000 (AOR = 3.10, 95%CI: 1.73–5.55) and > 2000 birrs (AOR = 2.66 95%CI: 1.52–4.64) had higher odds of maternal health service utilization than those who earn <500 birrs. Similarly, the odds of utilizing maternal health service were higher among mothers who did not fear COVID-19 infection (AOR = 2.79, 95%CI: 1.85–4.20), who had not had to request permission from husband to visit the health facility (AOR = 7.24, 95%CI: 2.65–19.75), who had practicedCOVID-19 prevention measure (AOR = 5.82, 95%CI: 3.87–8.75), and used face mask (AOR = 2.06, 95% CI: 1.28–3.31) than their counterpart. Empowering mothers and creating awareness on COVID-19 preventionis recommended to improve maternal health service utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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spelling pubmed-79970372021-04-06 Maternal health care services utilization amidstCOVID-19 pandemic in West Shoa zone, central Ethiopia Temesgen, Kababa Wakgari, Negash Debelo, Bikila Tefera Tafa, Belay Alemu, Getu Wondimu, Fikadu Gudisa, Tolera Gishile, Tolosa Daba, Gurmesa Bulto, Gizachew Abdissa Soboka, Bikila PLoS One Research Article The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. Despite strong efforts that have been taking place to control the pandemic globally, the virus is on the rise in many countries. Hence, this study assessed the maternal health care services utilization amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in West Shoa zone, Central Ethiopia. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 844 pregnant women or those who gave birth in the last 6 months before the study. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select the study participants. The data were collected through face-to-face interviews using a semi-structured questionnaire. Logistic regressions were performed to identify the presence of significant associations, and an adjusted odds ratio with 95%CI was employed for the strength and directions of association between the independent and outcome variables. A P-value of <0.05 was used to declare statistical significance. The prevalence of maternal health service utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic was 64.8%. The odds of maternal health service utilization was higher among mothers who had primary (AOR = 2.16, 95%CI: 1.29–3.60), secondary (AOR = 1.97, 95%CI: 1.13–3.44), and college and above education (AOR = 2.89, 95%CI: 1.34–6.22) than those who could not read and write. Besides, mothers who did travel 30–60 minutes (AOR = 0.37, 95%CI: 0.23–0.59) and 60-90minutes (AOR = 0.10, 95%CI: 0.05–0.19) to reach the health facility had a lower odds of maternal health service utilization than those who did travel <30 minutes. Moreover, mothers who earn 1000–2000 (AOR = 3.10, 95%CI: 1.73–5.55) and > 2000 birrs (AOR = 2.66 95%CI: 1.52–4.64) had higher odds of maternal health service utilization than those who earn <500 birrs. Similarly, the odds of utilizing maternal health service were higher among mothers who did not fear COVID-19 infection (AOR = 2.79, 95%CI: 1.85–4.20), who had not had to request permission from husband to visit the health facility (AOR = 7.24, 95%CI: 2.65–19.75), who had practicedCOVID-19 prevention measure (AOR = 5.82, 95%CI: 3.87–8.75), and used face mask (AOR = 2.06, 95% CI: 1.28–3.31) than their counterpart. Empowering mothers and creating awareness on COVID-19 preventionis recommended to improve maternal health service utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic. Public Library of Science 2021-03-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7997037/ /pubmed/33770120 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249214 Text en © 2021 Temesgen et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Temesgen, Kababa
Wakgari, Negash
Debelo, Bikila Tefera
Tafa, Belay
Alemu, Getu
Wondimu, Fikadu
Gudisa, Tolera
Gishile, Tolosa
Daba, Gurmesa
Bulto, Gizachew Abdissa
Soboka, Bikila
Maternal health care services utilization amidstCOVID-19 pandemic in West Shoa zone, central Ethiopia
title Maternal health care services utilization amidstCOVID-19 pandemic in West Shoa zone, central Ethiopia
title_full Maternal health care services utilization amidstCOVID-19 pandemic in West Shoa zone, central Ethiopia
title_fullStr Maternal health care services utilization amidstCOVID-19 pandemic in West Shoa zone, central Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed Maternal health care services utilization amidstCOVID-19 pandemic in West Shoa zone, central Ethiopia
title_short Maternal health care services utilization amidstCOVID-19 pandemic in West Shoa zone, central Ethiopia
title_sort maternal health care services utilization amidstcovid-19 pandemic in west shoa zone, central ethiopia
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7997037/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33770120
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249214
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