Knowledge and perception of venous thromboembolism among antenatal women in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
Antenatal women have a high risk of developing venous thromboembolism as pregnancy raises to a condition where a blood clot can form easily. In Malaysia, obstetrics embolism is the second-highest leading cause of maternal mortality in 2018 and there is a lack of published data to assess the knowl...
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| description | Antenatal women have a high risk of developing venous thromboembolism as pregnancy
raises to a condition where a blood clot can form easily. In Malaysia, obstetrics embolism
is the second-highest leading cause of maternal mortality in 2018 and there is a lack of
published data to assess the knowledge and perception of venous thromboembolism
among antenatal women. This research aimed to determine the level of knowledge and
perception of antenatal women as well as to determine the association of demographic
characteristics with the level of knowledge of venous thromboembolism. A crosssectional
study was conducted in the obstetrics ward and Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Clinic of Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia from January to February 2021. A total of
143 participants was conveniently selected and data were collected using a structured
self-administered questionnaire adopted from Jarab et al., (2019). Chi-square test was
used to determine the association between demographic characteristics and level of
knowledge. Results showed the level of knowledge and perception of venous
thromboembolism among antenatal women was low (n=137, 95.8%) and the majority
have positive perception (n= 142, 99.3%). The result also showed a statistically
significant association between demographic characteristics of the field of occupation (pvalue
= 0.003) and monthly household income (p-value < 0.001) with the level of
knowledge. In conclusion, knowledge of venous thromboembolism among antenatal
women was low and have a positive perception. Antenatal women who worked in the
field of healthcare and high monthly household income had a high level of knowledge.
Health education on women regarding venous thromboembolism should be carried out
by constructing a national public education campaign aiming to improve awareness of
women regarding this disease during pregnancy and postpartum. |
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| spelling | usm-553512022-10-18T07:56:06Z http://eprints.usm.my/55351/ Knowledge and perception of venous thromboembolism among antenatal women in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia Fen, Lim Suk R Medicine Antenatal women have a high risk of developing venous thromboembolism as pregnancy raises to a condition where a blood clot can form easily. In Malaysia, obstetrics embolism is the second-highest leading cause of maternal mortality in 2018 and there is a lack of published data to assess the knowledge and perception of venous thromboembolism among antenatal women. This research aimed to determine the level of knowledge and perception of antenatal women as well as to determine the association of demographic characteristics with the level of knowledge of venous thromboembolism. A crosssectional study was conducted in the obstetrics ward and Obstetrics and Gynaecology Clinic of Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia from January to February 2021. A total of 143 participants was conveniently selected and data were collected using a structured self-administered questionnaire adopted from Jarab et al., (2019). Chi-square test was used to determine the association between demographic characteristics and level of knowledge. Results showed the level of knowledge and perception of venous thromboembolism among antenatal women was low (n=137, 95.8%) and the majority have positive perception (n= 142, 99.3%). The result also showed a statistically significant association between demographic characteristics of the field of occupation (pvalue = 0.003) and monthly household income (p-value < 0.001) with the level of knowledge. In conclusion, knowledge of venous thromboembolism among antenatal women was low and have a positive perception. Antenatal women who worked in the field of healthcare and high monthly household income had a high level of knowledge. Health education on women regarding venous thromboembolism should be carried out by constructing a national public education campaign aiming to improve awareness of women regarding this disease during pregnancy and postpartum. Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia 2021-07 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/55351/1/LIM%20SUK%20FEN-24%20pages.pdf Fen, Lim Suk (2021) Knowledge and perception of venous thromboembolism among antenatal women in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia. Other. Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia. (Submitted) |
| spellingShingle | R Medicine Fen, Lim Suk Knowledge and perception of venous thromboembolism among antenatal women in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| title | Knowledge and perception of venous thromboembolism among antenatal women in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| title_full | Knowledge and perception of venous thromboembolism among antenatal women in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge and perception of venous thromboembolism among antenatal women in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge and perception of venous thromboembolism among antenatal women in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| title_short | Knowledge and perception of venous thromboembolism among antenatal women in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| title_sort | knowledge and perception of venous thromboembolism among antenatal women in hospital universiti sains malaysia |
| topic | R Medicine |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/55351/ http://eprints.usm.my/55351/1/LIM%20SUK%20FEN-24%20pages.pdf |