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028			_b Wurzburg Road 35, Premises, Post Code: 33102 |
028			_b P. O. Box 1464 Mwanza, Tanzania |
028			_b Phone: (255) 28-298-3384 |
028			_b Fax: (255) 28-298-3386 |
028			_b Email: vc@bugando.ac.tz |
028			_b Website: www.bugando.ac.tz
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041			_aEnglish
041			_aKiswahili
100			_e CUHAS/BSN /5000982/T/20 _q Zamda Hassan Abubakari.
245			_a Knowledge of Postpartum Complications and Risk Factors Among Mothers Who Have Given Birth at Bugando Medical Centre in Mwanza Tanzania
260			_aMwanza, Tanzania | _b Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS-Bugando] | _c2024
300			_a52 Pages
300			_aIncludes References
520			_aAbstract: Background: Mothers who lack knowledge about postpartum complications and their risk factors may be at a higher risk of experiencing adverse outcomes. Limited awareness may prevent early recognition and timely management of complications, leading to prolonged suffering and increased healthcare costs. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the knowledge of post-partum complications and its associated risk factors among women who gave birth at Bugando Medical Centre in Mwanza Tanzania. Methodology: A hospital based cross sectional study was conducted among postpartum women at Bugando medical Centre. Data was collected by using a questionnaire which was prepared in English and translated into Swahili language and analysis was done through a software application SPSS version 25 were frequencies and percentages were obtained, charts and tables were used to represent data on demographic information and on knowledge of postpartum complications .Also the odds ratio and 95% CI were used to find out the association between knowledge of postpartum complications and its associated risk factors. Results: About 118(70%) of mothers who gave birth at Bugando medical Centre had poor knowledge while about 51(30%) had a good knowledge on postpartum complications. Also the study found that there are associated risk factors such as the ability to know what is the meaning of postpartum period (p value 0.001), benefits of knowing about post-partum complications (0.001), information on pregnancy related problems during follow up (p value 0.031), and number of times a woman had given birth (p value 0.05) were associated with the level of knowledge of postpartum complications Conclusion: There was a high level of women who had no enough knowledge about postpartum complications and its risk factors and thus this necessitates the need to increase more strategies towards educating the expectant mothers and mothers who have given birth so as to raise the knowledge regarding post-partum complications and the associated risk factors.
600			_x Community, Maternal and Child Health
700			_q Lemi Richard Nyanda
856			_zResearch Report Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Award of Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree of the Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences.
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