Perception and Pattern of Antenatal Clinic Attendance among Pregnant Women in a State Government Maternity Teaching Hospital, Nigeria (Published)
Globally, there is emphasis on antenatal clinic attendance for pregnant women to reduce maternal mortality. This study examined the perception and pattern of antenatal clinic attendance among pregnant women attending Adeoyo Maternity Teaching Hospital, Ibadan. A descriptive cross-sectional design was adopted. A structured, self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection from 136 pregnant women. Data was analysed using SPSS version 22.0. Inferential statistics of chi-square test at 0.05% level of significance was used for hypotheses testing. The result reveals that 79.4% of participants had regular pattern of antenatal clinic (ANC) attendance, 44(75.7%) participants have good perception towards ANC attendance. The findings reveal that there was significant association between the perception of pregnant women towards ANC attendance and their gestational age at booking with p<0.05. Conclusively, to maintain regular pattern of ANC attendance, early booking should be emphasized and encouraged among pregnant women.
Keywords: antenatal care; clinic attendance; maternal mortality; perception; pregnancy