Determinants of prescribed drug use among pregnant women in Bahir Dar city administration, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross sectional study
Autor: | Belaynew Wasie, Chanie Admasie, Gedefaw Abeje |
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Rok vydání: | 2014 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics Prescription Drugs Cross-sectional study media_common.quotation_subject Health Personnel Population Reproductive medicine Developing country Fertility Gravidity Drug Prescriptions Prescription Young Adult Pregnancy Environmental health Surveys and Questionnaires Obstetrics and Gynaecology Medicine Humans Drug use Medical prescription education media_common education.field_of_study business.industry Mental Disorders Obstetrics and Gynecology Prenatal Care Bahir Dar city medicine.disease Cross-Sectional Studies Educational Status Female Ethiopia business Malaria Research Article |
Zdroj: | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth |
ISSN: | 1471-2393 |
Popis: | Background Drug use during pregnancy may be dangerous to the fetus. There is high consumption of prescribed drugs among pregnant women. This condition may be much higher in developing countries. There is no sufficient evidence on prescribed drug use among pregnant women in Bahir Dar town. The aim of this study was to assess the level of prescribed drug use and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care (ANC) service at government health centers in Bahir Dar city administration. Methods Institution based cross sectional study was used. Data were collected from randomly selected 510 pregnant women. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 16.0. Back ward stepwise logistic regression model was used and p-values |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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