Effect of Education Program about Deep Venous Thrombosis among Pregnant Women in Antenatal Clinic

M. Mohamed, Heba; Mustafa Mohamed, Aya; Gaber Zaghloul, Mervat; K. Ghazy, Heba; R Khalaf, Fatma

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2022.279069

Effect of Education Program about Deep Venous Thrombosis among Pregnant Women in Antenatal Clinic

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Assistant professor of Maternal and Newborn Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt

² Lecturer of Maternal and Newborn Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt

³ Assistant professor of Maternal and Newborn Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port said university, Egypt

⁴ Lecturer of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt.

⁵ Assistant professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Egypt

10.21608/ejhc.2022.279069

Abstract

Background: Deep venous thrombosis is an acute condition resulting in maternal
morbidity and death. Aim: To evaluate the effect of education program about deep
venous thrombosis among pregnant women in antenatal clinic. Design: A quasi-
experimental pretest-posttest control group design. Setting: The study was
conducted at the antenatal outpatient clinic at Woman’s Health Hospital, Assiut
Governorate. Subjects: A purposive sample of 200 pregnant women (100 pregnant
women for each study and control groups). Tool I: A Structured interview
questionnaire: divided to 3 parts. Part (1): Personal data, part (2): Medical and
obstetric history, part (3): Pregnant women knowledge about deep venous
thrombosis (DVT). Tool II: Reported checklist for pregnant women regarding
DVT preventive measures practices. Tool III: Post-natal maternal outcomes'
follow up. Results: The majority of pregnant women were more than 35 years.
There were highly statistical significant differences between knowledge and
practice scores regarding DVT preventive measures pre and post program.
Conclusion: It could be inferred that the level of pregnant women's knowledge and
practices toward DVT preventive measures in the study group was significantly
improved by the effect of the educational program when compared with the control
group. Recommendation: Integration of education programs regarding DVT
preventive measures among pregnant women in the antenatal routine care

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