Clinical trial NCT05955690: Knowledge and Attitude of Pregnant Women Towards Preeclampsia in Assiut Governorate
Official title: Knowledge and Attitude of Pregnant Women Towards Preeclampsia and Its Associated Factors in Assuit University Women's Health Hospital.
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Conditions: Preeclampsia
Lead sponsor: Assiut University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-07-21
Enrollment: 261
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 45
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: All pregnant women in first, second and third trimester who will come to receive antenatal care (ANC) services

Brief summary: Our study will be a cross sectional study to evaluate the knowledge level and attitude of pregnant women towards preeclampsia and factors affecting it ,the study will be done at Assiut University Hospitals - Women's Health Hospital. all pregnant women who will come to ANC visits will be included .the study tool is a well structured questionnaire for assessment of our outcomes.

Detailed description: Preeclampsia is a pregnancy-related hypertensive disorder that usually occurs after 20 weeks of gestation. It is characterised by hypertension and proteinuria . Preeclampsia is the leading cause of maternal death, complicating about one-tenth of all pregnancies worldwide . It is the second greatest cause of direct maternal death, accounting for 70,000 maternal mortality globally each year .The burden of preeclampsia and eclampsia is most significant in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where hypertensive disorders of pregnancy account for 10-15% of maternal deaths.

Early detection of symptoms, rapid presentation to healthcare facilities, and subsequent management with antihypertensive medications, magnesium sulphate, and delivery of the foetus and placenta improve outcomes in pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia and eclampsia . As a result, ANC visits and intrapartum admission are critical chances for patient counselling Despite the essential relationship between women's awareness of preeclampsia and health seeking behaviour, research on this topic is limited, particularly in underdeveloped countries. Even in developed countries, studies in high-income countries show that only half of patients were counselled about preeclampsia signs and symptoms, despite the fact that counselling by healthcare personnel is related to higher patient knowledge. So there is a gap in studying pregnant women's knowledge and attitudes concerning preeclampsia in underdeveloped countries, particularly Egypt, where studies on this topic are scarce.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* All pregnant women.
* pregnant women in first, second and third trimester.
* pregnant women who come to receive ANC at Assiut University Hospitals - Women's Health Hospital out patient clinic.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Pregnant women that are unwell to give consent.
* Pregnant women who are already diagnosed by preeclampsia and eclampsia.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Prevalence of Knowledge of pregnant women about preeclampsia
timeFrame: just after ending the interview in which we filled in questionnaire
measure: Attitude of pregnant women towards preeclampsia
timeFrame: just t after ending the interview in which we filled in questionnaire
measure: Associated factor with knowledge and attitude of pregnant women towards preeclampsia
timeFrame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Asyut
country: Egypt
facility: Assiut university
Study officials:
affiliation: Assiut University
name: Ahmed M Abbas, MD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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