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)

† refers to multiple responses: each of the responses given is out of the 250 sample.
†† refers to nonmultiple responses.