https://doi.org/10.4081/acbr.2021.116

Level of awareness, knowledge and perception on COVID-19 among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Central Hospital Benin City, Edo state

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2021)
Submitted: 3 November 2020
Accepted: 14 May 2021
Published: 11 June 2021
Pregnant women, awareness, knowledge, perception, COVID-19
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Sunday Eghosasere Omozuwa
sunnyeghe@yahoo.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3728-1558
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Edo State University Uzairue, Edo State, Nigeria.
Noel Ebehiremen Uwaibi
Department of Community Health, Edo State University Uzairue, Edo State, Nigeria.

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious viral disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2, which affects mainly the respiratory system and was first discovered during an outbreak in Wuhan community in China December 2019. The outbreak was declared a pandemic by World Health Organization (WHO) March, 11th 2020 and a worldwide public health response has been engaged to address the impact. A descriptive cross sectional survey was utilized. A self- administered questionnaire on awareness, knowledge and perception of COVID-19 infection was administered to a total 420 pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in central Hospital Benin City for Data collection. Four hundred and fourteen (98.6%) of the respondents were aware of COVID-19 and 274 (66.2%) indicated television as their source of information. One hundred (24.2%) indicated radio while 92 (22.2%) implicated friends. One hundred and ninety seven (46.9%) of the respondents had good knowledge of COVID-19 while 68 (16.2%) had poor knowledge. There was a high level of awareness of COVID-19 among the pregnant women attending Antenatal clinic in central hospital Benin City and majority of them got their information from the television.

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Omozuwa, S. E., & Uwaibi, N. E. (2021). Level of awareness, knowledge and perception on COVID-19 among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Central Hospital Benin City, Edo state. Annals of Clinical and Biomedical Research, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/acbr.2021.116

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