Effect of Pregnant Mothers’ Forum Participation on Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness among Pregnant Women in Dale District, Southern Ethiopia: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Comprehensive knowledge of obstetric danger signs among pregnant women in Dale Woreda, Sidama Zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia, 2015.

Variables	Number (%)	Forum members	Forum non-members	Chi-square	p-value
		Number (%)	Number (%)
Knowledge on key danger signs of pregnancy
No any danger signs	345(57.1)	116(19.2)	229(37.9)	88.3	<0.001
At least one danger sign	235(38.9)	171(28.3)	64(10.6)	79.7	<0.001
At least two danger signs	89(14.7)	77(12.7)	12(2.0)	55.6	<0.001
Three key danger signs	17(2.8)	17(2.8)	0	17.4	<0.001
Knowledge on key danger signs of labor
No any danger signs	335(55.5)	114(18.9)	221(36.6)	76.7	<0.001
At least one danger sign	257(42.5)	179(29.6)	78(12.9)	69.0	<0.001
At least two danger signs	111(18.4)	86(14.2)	25(4.2)	41.0	<0.001
Three key danger signs	23(3.8)	20(3.3)	3(0.5)	13.0	<0.001
Knowledge on key danger signs of postpartum
No any danger signs	361(59.8)	128(21.2)	233(38.6)	75.9	<0.001
At least one danger sign	213(35.3)	157(26.0)	56(9.3)	73.9	<0.001
At least two danger signs	81(13.4)	69(11.4	12(2.0)	46.3	<0.001
Three key danger signs	9(1.5)	9(1.5)	0	9.1	0.003
Overall complication readiness	156(25.8)	125(20.7)	31(5.1)	76.3	<0.001