Table 2. Awareness and perceptions related to obstetric complications and the need of skilled maternal care among women having birth within one year preceding the survey, North Gondar, 2012.
| From total sample | Sought assistance during complication (n = 476) | |||
| Awareness and perceptions | Yes *n (%) | No(228) n (%) | Yes (248) n (%) | OR(95%CI) |
| Heard about skilled care (n = 1668) | 995 (59.7) | 135 (46.6) | 155 (53.4) | 1.15 (0.80, 1.66) |
| Heard about birth preparedness (n = 1668) | 985 (59.1) | 126 (45.0) | 154 (55.0) | 1.33 (0.92,1.91) |
| Respondent's known place to get skilled attendants (unprompted responses) (n = 1535) | 175 (44.4) | 219 (55.6) | 2.29 (1.40, 3.75) | |
| Government hospital | 421 (27.4) | |||
| Government health center | 848 (55.2) | |||
| Health post | 48 (3.1) | |||
| Private clinic | 10 (0.7) | |||
| Thought that some group of women are at higher risk of complications than others (n = 1579) | 1146 (72.6) | 139 (41.2) | 198 (58.8) | 2.536 (1.69, 3.82) |
| Group of women considered at higher risk by respondents (prompted responses) | ||||
| Advanced age (n = 1508) | 1023 (67.8) | |||
| Frequent births (n = 1505) | 801 (53.2) | |||
| Poor women (n = 1497) | 763 (51.0) | |||
| First pregnancy (n = 1508) | 729 (48.3) | |||
| Early age (n = 1505) | 660 (43.9) | |||
| Short stature (n = 1494) | 653 (43.7) | |||
| Multiple births (>5 five birth) (n = 1505) | 621(41.3) | |||
| Thought that the selected delivery attendants are better (safer) than the others (n = 1667) | ||||
| Health professionals | 955 (57.3) | 121 (44.5) | 151 (55.5) | 1.38 (0.96, 1.98) |
| TBA | 575 (34.5) | |||
| Relatives | 97 (5.8) | |||
| Agreed on the need of post natal check up (n = 1643) | 901 (54.8) | 113 (43.8) | 145 (56.2) | 1.43 (1.00, 2.06) |
| Agreed on the idea that leaving the house/compound/in the first seven days after delivery is safe (n = 1634) | 248 (15.2) | 26 (34.2) | 50 (65.8) | 1.96 (1.18, 3.28) |
| Agreed on the importance of planning delivery place (n = 1632) | 1236 (75.7) | 161 (44.5) | 201 (55.5) | 1.78 (1.16, 2.73) |
| **Agreed on the need of having a plan on possible complications (n = 1606) | 1195 (75.5) | 152 (42.1) | 209 (57.9) | 2.68 (1.73, 4.16) |
*
n represents those who say “Yes” and its percentage is calculated from total (Yes+No).
**
Evaluation of agreement was considered based on the following question. “A woman should plan ahead of time what she will do if she has a serious health problem related to pregnancy or childbirth. Do you agree by this idea?”