Table 2.
Evaluation of women’s right indicators for receiving pregnancy care and follow-up at the health units in the targeted governorates
| Indicator | El Fayoum Governorate | Benisuef Governorate | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before n = 520 |
After n = 543 |
Rate of Change | Before n = 480 |
After n = 607 |
Rate of Change | Before n = 1000 |
After n = 1150 |
Rate of Change | |
| N (%) | N (%) | % | N (%) | N (%) | % | N (%) | N (%) | % | |
| Second: Pregnancy Care and Follow- Up | |||||||||
| 1. % of surveyed women who know their right to follow up their pregnancy with a specialized doctor, a trained nurse or at the health unita | 256 86.5% | 421 90.3% | 3.8% | 231 66.5% | 500 86.25% | 19.8%* | 487 75.7% | 921 88.0% | 12.3% |
| 2. % of surveyed women who know their right to follow up their pregnancy not less than four times at the health unit** | 210 43.8% | 413 76.1% | 32.3%* | 231 44.4% | 346 57.0% | 12.6%* | 441 44.1% | 759 66.0% | 21.9% * |
| 3. % of surveyed women who know at least two of their rights in health care during follow up at the health unit a | 233 48.5% | 383 70.5% | 22.0%* | 331 63.7% | 436 71.8% | 8.1% | 564 56.4% | 819 71.2% | 14.8%* |
| 4.% of surveyed women who know at least two of their rights for having the laboratory investigations they should do at the heath unit at the beginning of pregnancyb | 174 36.2% | 366 67.4% | 31.2%* | 185 35.6% | 336 55.4% | 19.8%* | 359 35.9% | 702 61.0% | 25.1%* |
| 5.. % of surveyed women who know their right to attend health education sessions at the health unit | 96 20.0% | 260 47.9% | 27.9%* | 162 31.2% | 411 67.7% | 36.5%* | 258 25.8% | 671 58.3% | 32.5%* |
| 6. % of surveyed women who know at least two pregnancy complications which give them the right to go to the hospital immediatelyc | 185 38.5% | 406 74.8% | 36.3%* | 195 37.5% | 395 65.1% | 27.6%* | 380 38.0% | 801 69.7% | 31.7% |
*z test between two proportion, P < 0.05 is significant
a The most frequent mentioned two: Women’s rights in health care during follow-up:
1-weight and height measurement 2-laboratory investigations 3- tetanus vaccination 4- sugar analysis 5- X-ray
bThe most frequent mentioned two: Women’s rights in the laboratory investigations they should do at the beginning of pregnancy: complete urine analysis – blood analysis – determination of blood group and Rh factor – thyroid gland tests
cThe most frequent mentioned two: Pregnancy complications which give woman the right to go to the hospital immediately: severe headache and blurring of vision – rise of body temperature – convulsions – foul smelling vaginal discharge – vaginal bleeding even in small amounts or without pain