Effect of prenatal counselling on compliance and outcomes of teenage pregnancy
(East. Mediterr. health j).
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ABSTRACT
To evaluate the effect of prenatal counselling on compliance for health promotion and pregnancy outcomes we conducted an experimental randomized control study on a sample of 86 teenage pregnant women attending the maternal and child health centre in Elkhosos village, Egypt. Data were collected pre-counselling, post-counselling and after delivery. At the post test, women in the study [counseling] group showed statistically significantly greater knowledge and compliance of health promotion [P < 0.001] than women in the control group. In the study group, 90.7% were full term at labour compared with 41.9% in the control group; 88.4% of the women in the study group had normal vaginal delivery compared with 76.7% of those in the control group. The health condition in 90.7% of the study group neonates was classified as good compared with only 46.5% in the control group. Only 9.3% of the study group babies had low birth weight compared with 32.6% of the control group babies [P = 0.008]
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Collection:
04-international_org
Database:
WHOLIS
Main subject:
Pregnancy in Adolescence
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Prenatal Care
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Pregnancy Outcome
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Patient Compliance
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Knowledge
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Counseling
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Health Promotion
Language:
En
Journal:
East. Mediterr. health j
Year:
2013