Table 2.
Knowledge of NNJ among mothers attending routine prenatal clinics in Nigeria (n = 431)
| Responses |
Abuja |
Lagos |
Port Harcourt |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 85 (%) | n = 136 (%) | n = 210 (%) | n (%) | |
| Heard about jaundice from |
|
|
|
|
| Friend/Neighbour |
15 (17.6) |
37 (27.2) |
46 (21.9) |
98 (22.7) |
| Health worker |
57 (67.1) |
61 (44.9) |
131 (62.4) |
249 (57.8) |
| Relations |
5 (5.9) |
16 (11.8) |
12 (5.7) |
33 (7.7) |
| Media |
1 (1.2) |
5 (3.7) |
7 (3.3) |
13 (3.0) |
| Other |
7 (8.2) |
17 (12.5) |
14 (6.7) |
38 (8.8) |
| Can recognise baby with jaundice |
|
|
|
|
| No |
17 (20.0) |
47 (34.6) |
58 (27.6) |
122 (28.3) |
| Yes |
68 (80.0) |
89 (65.4) |
152 (72.4) |
309 (71.7) |
| Where to look for in the baby |
|
|
|
|
| Eye, body or skin |
68 (80.0) |
89 (65.4) |
152 (72.4) |
309 (71.7) |
| Not stated |
17 (20.0) |
47 (34.6) |
58 (27.6) |
122 (28.3) |
| What would be seen in baby |
|
|
|
|
| Yellowish discolouration |
53 (62.4) |
75 (55.1) |
142 (67.6) |
270 (62.6) |
| Other |
13 (15.3) |
11 (8.1) |
10 (4.8) |
34 (7.9) |
| Not stated |
19 (22.4) |
50 (36.8) |
58 (27.6) |
127 (29.5) |
| Possible effects of severe jaundice in a baby |
|
|
|
|
| Poor feeding |
8 (9.4) |
28 (20.6) |
58 (27.6) |
94 (21.8) |
| Irritable |
4 (4.7) |
12 (8.8) |
11 (5.2) |
27 (6.3) |
| Abnormal cry |
15 (17.6) |
12 (8.8) |
22 (10.5) |
49 (11.4) |
| Abnormal body stretching |
6 (7.1) |
12 (8.8) |
12 (5.7) |
30 (7.0) |
| Abnormal eye movement |
9 (10.6) |
15 (11.0) |
16 (7.6) |
40 (9.3) |
| Other |
7 (8.2) |
2 (1.5) |
6 (2.9) |
15 (3.5) |
| Not stated |
36 (42.4) |
55 (40.4) |
85 (40.5) |
176 (40.7) |
| Possible dangers of jaundice |
|
|
|
|
| Death |
22 (25.9) |
71 (52.2) |
65 (31.0) |
158 (36.6) |
| Disability |
30 (35.3) |
21 (15.4) |
49 (23.3) |
100 (23.2) |
| Death/Disability |
7 (8.2) |
13 (9.6) |
36 (17.1) |
56 (13.0) |
| Other |
3 (3.5) |
3 (2.2) |
9 (4.3) |
15 (3.5) |
| Not stated |
23 (27.1) |
28 (20.6) |
51 (24.3) |
102 (23.7) |
| Possible causes of jaundice |
|
|
|
|
| Infections |
15 (17.6) |
2 (1.5) |
9 (4.3) |
26 (6.0) |
| Malaria/Fever |
23 (27.1) |
31 (22.8) |
74 (35.2) |
128 (29.7) |
| Prematurity |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
6 (2.9) |
6 (1.4) |
| ABO/Rhesus incompatibility |
0 (0.0) |
1 (0.7) |
2 (1.0) |
3 (0.7) |
| Others |
18 (21.2) |
11 (8.8) |
27 (12.9) |
56 (13.0) |
| Not stated |
29 (34.1) |
91 (66.9) |
92 (43.8) |
212 (49.2) |
| Planned place of delivery |
|
|
|
|
| Same hospital |
51 (60.0) |
113 (83.1) |
158 (75.2) |
322 (74.7) |
| Other public hospital |
20 (23.5) |
20 (14.7) |
27 (12.9) |
67 (15.5) |
| Private hospital |
14 (16.5) |
3 (2.2) |
21 (10.0) |
38 (8.8) |
| Outside hospital |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
4 (1.9) |
4 (0.9) |
| Possible use of haemolytic substances |
|
|
|
|
| Dusting powder |
23 (27.1) |
47 (34.6) |
62 (29.5) |
132 (30.6) |
| Robb mentholated cream |
17 (20.0) |
9 (6.6) |
13 (6.2) |
39 (9.0) |
| Eucalyptus oil |
10 (11.8) |
28 (20.6) |
15 (7.1) |
53 (12.3) |
| Camphor on clothes |
0 (0.0) |
5 (3.7) |
12 (5.7) |
17 (3.9) |
| Not stated | 35 (41.2) | 47 (34.6) | 108 (51.4) | 190 (44.1) |