Postnatal cord care practices and associated factors in Arba Minch town, southern Ethiopia.

Autor: Teferi ZB; Tigray Health Research Institute, Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia., Tesema KF; Department of Midwifery, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia., Ukke GG; Department of Midwifery, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia.; Health Systems and Equity, Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University, Box Hill, Victoria, Australia., Tsegay GM; Department of Adult Health, School of Nursing, Aksum University, Aksum, Ethiopia., Yhdego FF; Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Aksum University, Aksum, Ethiopia., Gebremariam GG; Department of Midwifery, Aksum University, Aksum, Ethiopia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2024 Nov 14; Vol. 19 (11), pp. e0313244. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Nov 14 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0313244
Abstrakt: Background: Cord care is one component of essential newborn care that reduces newborn morbidity and mortality. Poor cord care practice leads to a large amount of neonatal death due to infection. In Ethiopia, many women give birth at home, where neonates are exposed to unclean cord care practices or application of different traditional substances. Despite the severity of the problem, studies related to postnatal cord care practice are scarce. Hence, this study is aimed to assess umbilical cord care practices and associated factors in the postnatal period in Arba Minch town.
Objective: To assess postnatal cord care practices and associated factors among mothers who gave birth in the last six months in Arba Minch Town, southern Ethiopia, 2019.
Methods: Cross-sectional study design was conducted and using simple random sampling method 423 mothers who gave birth with in the last six months in Arba Minch town from November 11 to December 02, 2019, were selected. Data was collected using structured questionnaire administered by the interviewer. EpiData version 4.4 was used for data entry and SPSS version 25 was used for data analysis. Variables with p ≤ 0.25 in bivarible logistic regressions were considered as potential candidates for multivariable logistic regression analysis to control confounders. Adjusted Odds Ratio with 95% confidence interval was applied in multivariable logistic regression models, to identify variable, which has significant association.
Results: The overall proportion of women who had good postnatal cord care was 67.1%. The maternal age group of 25 to 29 years (AOR = 2.51; 95% CI: 1.35-4.68), maternal educational status of secondary school and above (AOR = 4.19; 95% CI: 2.05-8.54), mothers with good knowledge of cord care (AOR = 1.77; 95% CI: 1.03-3.05), and health facility delivery (AOR = 2.60; 95%CI: 1.05-6.41) were independent factors associated with good cord care.
Conclusions: The proportion of good cord-care practice reported in this study was relatively worthy. Maternal age group of 25-29 years, maternal educational status of secondary school and above, having good knowledge of cord care, and delivering at health facility were factors that increased good postnatal cord care practice. Therefore, investing in improving these factors would positively affect maternal postnatal cord care practice. In order to reduce neonatal morbidity and mortality, routine counseling of cord care practice to mothers would attain good knowledge about postnatal cord care practices. Community health education would also increase awareness and practice of postnatal cord care.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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