Research Article
Perceptions about Eclampsia, Birth Preparedness, and Complications Readiness among Antenatal Clients Attending a Specialist Hospital in Kano, Nigeria
Table 2
Assessment of the ANC clients’ perception about eclampsia.
| Parameters/indices | Frequency (%) (n = 250) |
| Believe it is possible to identify causes and risks of developing eclampsia†† | 189 (75.6) | Perceptions about the causes/risk factors of eclampsia† | | Preexisting hypertension | 155 (62.0) | Poor prenatal care | 111 (44.4) | Runs in families | 35 (14.0) | Poor nutrition | 46 (18.4) | Destiny | 128 (51.2) | Evil spirits | 47 (18.8) | Believe eclampsia is preventable†† | 210 (84.0) | Perceptions about ways of preventing eclampsia† | | Good antenatal care | 191 (76.4) | Hospital delivery | 177 (70.8) | Avoiding early marriage | 28 (11.2) | Avoiding delivery at ≥35 years | 9 (3.6) | Believe that eclampsia can be effectively managed†† | 195 (78.0) | Perceptions about the best source of treatment for eclampsia† | | Hospital | 161 (64.4) | Spiritual/divine intervention | 74 (29.6) | Hospital and divine/spiritual intervention | 15 (6.0) |
| Grading of the ANC clients’ perception about eclampsia | | Good (10–17) | 167 (66.8) | Poor (0–9) | 83 (33.2) |
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† refers to multiple responses: each of the responses given is out of the 250 sample. †† refers to nonmultiple responses.
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