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Correlates of knowledge of genetic diseases and congenital anomalies among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Lagos, South-West Nigeria
INTRODUCTION: genetic diseases and congenital anomalies place a significant burden on the health of new-borns and their mothers. Despite the availability of a variety of prenatal screening tests, mothers' knowledge has been documented to determine uptake. This study aims to assess the knowledge...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8197039/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34178228 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2021.38.310.26636 |
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author | Ogamba, Chibuzor Franklin Roberts, Alero Ann Babah, Ochuwa Adiketu Ikwuegbuenyi, Chibuikem Anthony Ologunja, Oluwaseun Joseph Amodeni, Oluyinka Kehinde |
author_facet | Ogamba, Chibuzor Franklin Roberts, Alero Ann Babah, Ochuwa Adiketu Ikwuegbuenyi, Chibuikem Anthony Ologunja, Oluwaseun Joseph Amodeni, Oluyinka Kehinde |
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description | INTRODUCTION: genetic diseases and congenital anomalies place a significant burden on the health of new-borns and their mothers. Despite the availability of a variety of prenatal screening tests, mothers' knowledge has been documented to determine uptake. This study aims to assess the knowledge of pregnant women about birth defects and the associated correlates with regard to willingness to do prenatal screening. METHODS: a cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted among 422 antenatal mothers recruited sequentially as they attended antenatal clinics at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital. An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to determine their knowledge of birth defects and willingness to do prenatal testing. RESULTS: majority of the participants (92.2%) had at least secondary education. The mean total knowledge score of the respondents was 63%. Age and knowledge scores were not significantly correlated (r=-0.071, p=0.14). Being employed predicted higher knowledge scores (95% CI: 0.09, 2.09, p=0.03). Respondents who had primary school education and those who replied “I don't know” to willingness to test had significantly lower knowledge scores (95% CI: -15.01, -1.19, p=0.02 and 95% CI: -4.52, -0.68, p=0.01 respectively). Majority (79.1%) of the respondents were willing to undergo testing. Respondents' level of education was significantly associated with willingness to test (p=0.03). CONCLUSION: the observed knowledge gaps were considerable. There is need for improvement in education, the empowerment of women and access to quality healthcare including prenatal screening. |
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spelling | pubmed-81970392021-06-24 Correlates of knowledge of genetic diseases and congenital anomalies among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Lagos, South-West Nigeria Ogamba, Chibuzor Franklin Roberts, Alero Ann Babah, Ochuwa Adiketu Ikwuegbuenyi, Chibuikem Anthony Ologunja, Oluwaseun Joseph Amodeni, Oluyinka Kehinde Pan Afr Med J Research INTRODUCTION: genetic diseases and congenital anomalies place a significant burden on the health of new-borns and their mothers. Despite the availability of a variety of prenatal screening tests, mothers' knowledge has been documented to determine uptake. This study aims to assess the knowledge of pregnant women about birth defects and the associated correlates with regard to willingness to do prenatal screening. METHODS: a cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted among 422 antenatal mothers recruited sequentially as they attended antenatal clinics at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital. An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to determine their knowledge of birth defects and willingness to do prenatal testing. RESULTS: majority of the participants (92.2%) had at least secondary education. The mean total knowledge score of the respondents was 63%. Age and knowledge scores were not significantly correlated (r=-0.071, p=0.14). Being employed predicted higher knowledge scores (95% CI: 0.09, 2.09, p=0.03). Respondents who had primary school education and those who replied “I don't know” to willingness to test had significantly lower knowledge scores (95% CI: -15.01, -1.19, p=0.02 and 95% CI: -4.52, -0.68, p=0.01 respectively). Majority (79.1%) of the respondents were willing to undergo testing. Respondents' level of education was significantly associated with willingness to test (p=0.03). CONCLUSION: the observed knowledge gaps were considerable. There is need for improvement in education, the empowerment of women and access to quality healthcare including prenatal screening. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2021-03-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8197039/ /pubmed/34178228 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2021.38.310.26636 Text en Copyright: Chibuzor Franklin Ogamba et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/The Pan African Medical Journal (ISSN: 1937-8688). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Ogamba, Chibuzor Franklin Roberts, Alero Ann Babah, Ochuwa Adiketu Ikwuegbuenyi, Chibuikem Anthony Ologunja, Oluwaseun Joseph Amodeni, Oluyinka Kehinde Correlates of knowledge of genetic diseases and congenital anomalies among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Lagos, South-West Nigeria |
title | Correlates of knowledge of genetic diseases and congenital anomalies among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Lagos, South-West Nigeria |
title_full | Correlates of knowledge of genetic diseases and congenital anomalies among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Lagos, South-West Nigeria |
title_fullStr | Correlates of knowledge of genetic diseases and congenital anomalies among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Lagos, South-West Nigeria |
title_full_unstemmed | Correlates of knowledge of genetic diseases and congenital anomalies among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Lagos, South-West Nigeria |
title_short | Correlates of knowledge of genetic diseases and congenital anomalies among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Lagos, South-West Nigeria |
title_sort | correlates of knowledge of genetic diseases and congenital anomalies among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in lagos, south-west nigeria |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8197039/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34178228 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2021.38.310.26636 |
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