Effect of Guidelines About Covid-19 Precautions on Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Ismailia City, Egypt | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 71, Volume 11, Issue 4, December 2020, Pages 1163-1176 PDF (285.33 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.261318 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Asmaa Morgan Farahat Khatap1; Safaa Gomaa Ahmed Abu El Soud2; Nagat Salah Shalaby3 | ||
| 1Maternity, Obstetrics& Gynecological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Suez Canal University | ||
| 2Lecturer of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing,Suez ,Canal | ||
| 3Maternity, Gynecology & Obstetrics Nursing,Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: COVID 19 is a pandemic viral infection around the world. Starting in Wuhan city- china at December 2019.Egypt was affected by this viral infection at February 2020. Pregnant women are worried about infection during pregnancy and its outcome for morher and newborn. Study design: A quasi-experimental design one group pre/posttest, Setting: Obstetrics and Gynecologic Clinics in governmental hospitals and private clinics at Ismailia city. Four tools were used to collect data in the current study, as the following:1st Tool: Self-Administered Online Questionnaire: included socio demographic data, past/ current obstetrical history and knowledge assessment,.2nd Tool: Reported practice Check list, 3rd Tool: Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes Record, 4th Tool: Breast Feeding Record: assessed during 1st, 5 days and 14th days after delivery. Results: the mean age of the studied women 26.250 ± 4.817 years. 50% of the studied women had Bachelor education.76.9% of the studied women were housewives. Maternal Knowledge and practice were improved with highly statistical significant differences (p=0.000). maternal and neonatal outcomes were improved Limitation: restricted sample size because of 2nd wave started with new manifestation. Conclusion: Pregnant women who received the guidelines regarding COVID-19 precautions had satisfactory knowledge & practice. They had a positive maternal& neonatal outcome. Recommendations: Application of guidelines at Maternal Child Health (MCH) Centers in early pregnancy to avoid other waves of COVID 19. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Covid-19; Maternal and Neonatal; Neonatal Outcomes | ||
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