Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness among Pregnant Women in a Secondary Health Facility in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria

Table 5

Awareness of danger signs during pregnancy, labor, and puerperium and in newborn.

Danger sign	Frequency (%)
Pregnancy
Bleeding	172 (38.2)
Severe headache	97 (21.6)
Blurred vision	54 (12.0)
Convulsion	66 (14.7)
Swollen hands/face	78 (17.3)
High fever	93 (20.7)
Loss of consciousness	50 (11.1)
Difficulty breathing	37 (8.2)
Severe weakness	58 (12.9)
Severe abdominal pain	64 (14.2)
Reduced fetal movement	45 (10.0)
Drainage of liquor	67 (14.9)
Labor
Bleeding	152 (33.8)
Severe headache	81 (18.0)
Convulsion	58 (12.9)
High fever	74 (16.4)
Loss of consciousness	55 (12.2)
Labor lasting >12 hours	104 (23.1)
Placenta not delivered after 30 minutes	74 (16.4)
Puerperium
Bleeding	164 (34.4)
Severe headache	91 (20.2)
Blurred vision	44 (9.8)
Convulsion	57 (12.7)
Swollen hands/face	45 (10.0)
High fever	79 (17.6)
Offensive vaginal discharge	56 (12.4)
Loss of consciousness	39 (8.7)
Difficulty breathing	41 (9.1)
Severe weakness	43 (9.6)
Newborn
Difficulty breathing	107 (23.8)
Yellow skin/eye	134 (29.8)
Poor feeding	101 (22.4)
Abnormal discharge from umbilical cord	65 (14.4)
Baby very small	45 (10.0)
Skin blisters	44 (9.6)
Convulsion	75 (16.7)
Unconsciousness	44 (9.8)
Red swollen eye	43 (9.6)

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