Factors affecting women's access to antenatal care services

Autor: Ülkü Ayşe TÜRKER ARAS, Samet KIRAT, Engin KORKMAZER
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine. 39:863-867
ISSN: 1309-5129
1309-4483
DOI: 10.52142/omujecm.39.3.51
Popis: The aim of this study was to quantitatively investigate the antenatal care provided by healthcare physicians in a rural area of North East Anatolia, Turkey, and the effective factors. Patients who applied to a Second-tier health institution for delivery were asked how many times they went for a check-up during their pregnancy. In addition, the sociodemographic characteristics of the responding patients were recorded. In this study, the rate of pregnant women who received inadequate antenatal care was 41.0%. Examining the risk factors for inadequate antenatal care in pregnant women who attended fewer than four antenatal care visits revealed that the risk was 2,115 (confidence interval [CI] = 1.328–3.368) times higher for those receiving spousal education for
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