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Knowledge and practice of umbilical cord care among young mothers of neonates in Tabora region: Analytical cross-sectional study

Knowledge of cord care influences the choice of cord care practices and has a great impact on neonate health. Poor cord care can lead to infection of the umbilical cord and thus have a bearing on the subsequent growth trajectory of the newborn. A health facility-based analytical cross-sectional stud...

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Autores principales: Ayub Kalufya,, Nuru, Ali Seif, Saada, Masoi, Theresia John
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9750512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36626506
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000031608
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description Knowledge of cord care influences the choice of cord care practices and has a great impact on neonate health. Poor cord care can lead to infection of the umbilical cord and thus have a bearing on the subsequent growth trajectory of the newborn. A health facility-based analytical cross-sectional study was carried out from January–March 2021 among 315 randomly selected young mothers aged 15 to 25 years with neonates aged between 7 and 28 days. An interviewer-administered structured questionnaire was used to collect data, and a chi-square test and a binary logistic regression model were used during data analysis. The level of significance was set at 5%. More than half of young mothers 196 (62.2%) had adequate knowledge of cord care, although practice of umbilical cord care was exceptionally poor, as only 21% of them had good cord care practice. Predictors of low knowledge were living in rural areas (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 2.54, P = .012), having no formal education (AOR = 15.4, P = .038), and delivering at home (AOR = 0.21. P = .001). While the predictors of poor umbilical cord care practices were having no formal education (AOR = 12.15, P = .001), having primary education (AOR = 7.8, P = .003), being a peasant (AOR = 6.6, P = .001), business woman (AOR = 3.6, P = .035), housewife (AOR = 4.2, P = .014) and prime para (AOR = 0.49, P = .004). Living in urban areas, having a higher education level, and having delivered in a health facility were important factors in having knowledge on cord care, while having a higher education level, being employed, and being a multipara were important factors in maintaining cord in a healthy state.
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spelling pubmed-97505122022-12-28 Knowledge and practice of umbilical cord care among young mothers of neonates in Tabora region: Analytical cross-sectional study Ayub Kalufya,, Nuru Ali Seif, Saada Masoi, Theresia John Medicine (Baltimore) 6200 Knowledge of cord care influences the choice of cord care practices and has a great impact on neonate health. Poor cord care can lead to infection of the umbilical cord and thus have a bearing on the subsequent growth trajectory of the newborn. A health facility-based analytical cross-sectional study was carried out from January–March 2021 among 315 randomly selected young mothers aged 15 to 25 years with neonates aged between 7 and 28 days. An interviewer-administered structured questionnaire was used to collect data, and a chi-square test and a binary logistic regression model were used during data analysis. The level of significance was set at 5%. More than half of young mothers 196 (62.2%) had adequate knowledge of cord care, although practice of umbilical cord care was exceptionally poor, as only 21% of them had good cord care practice. Predictors of low knowledge were living in rural areas (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 2.54, P = .012), having no formal education (AOR = 15.4, P = .038), and delivering at home (AOR = 0.21. P = .001). While the predictors of poor umbilical cord care practices were having no formal education (AOR = 12.15, P = .001), having primary education (AOR = 7.8, P = .003), being a peasant (AOR = 6.6, P = .001), business woman (AOR = 3.6, P = .035), housewife (AOR = 4.2, P = .014) and prime para (AOR = 0.49, P = .004). Living in urban areas, having a higher education level, and having delivered in a health facility were important factors in having knowledge on cord care, while having a higher education level, being employed, and being a multipara were important factors in maintaining cord in a healthy state. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2022-12-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9750512/ /pubmed/36626506 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000031608 Text en Copyright © 2022 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License 4.0 (CCBY-NC) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download, share, remix, transform, and buildup the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be used commercially without permission from the journal.
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title Knowledge and practice of umbilical cord care among young mothers of neonates in Tabora region: Analytical cross-sectional study
title_full Knowledge and practice of umbilical cord care among young mothers of neonates in Tabora region: Analytical cross-sectional study
title_fullStr Knowledge and practice of umbilical cord care among young mothers of neonates in Tabora region: Analytical cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge and practice of umbilical cord care among young mothers of neonates in Tabora region: Analytical cross-sectional study
title_short Knowledge and practice of umbilical cord care among young mothers of neonates in Tabora region: Analytical cross-sectional study
title_sort knowledge and practice of umbilical cord care among young mothers of neonates in tabora region: analytical cross-sectional study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9750512/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36626506
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000031608
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