Effect of educational intervention on knowledge of anaemia among pregnant women attending selected health centres in Abia state
Nnamdi NJ, Ekpenyong AU2, Udo-Inyang FO, Nwachukwu NN, and Okorocha NA
Maternal anaemia during pregnancy is a serious public health concern. It affects around fifty-six percent of pregnant women in poor and middle-income nations globally. The study examined the effect of educational intervention on knowledge of anaemia among women who attended Primary Health Care centres in Abia state. The objectives were to
1. Determine the pregnant women’s knowledge of anaemia pre- intervention. 2. Determine the pregnant women’s knowledge of anaemia post intervention.
Methods: this was a quasi-experimental study of 400 pregnant women who were selected using purposive sampling method. The study population consisted of pregnant women who attended selected primary health care centres. A multistage sampling procedure was adopted. Two senatorial zones and two local government areas used for the study were selected by a simple random sampling. Four health centres were purposively selected. A sample size of 400 pregnant women was used. They were shared into two groups of control and intervention. Each of the group had 200 pregnant women. A validated questionnaire was used to collect data. A pre-test was done on both groups, using the questionnaire, before the educational intervention was administered on the intervention group. The teaching lasted for five weeks after which posts tests was administered. Data was analysed with the aid of the statistical package for Social Sciences, version 21. Descriptive analysis was done using frequencies and percentages and inferential statistics was analysed using chi square at 0.05 level of significance.
Results: Before the intervention, 76.0% and 85% of the participants in the control and intervention group had poor level of knowledge of anaemia. After the intervention, during post-test 1, 80.4% and 28% of the control and intervention respectively had poor knowledge. At post-test 11, 84.2% and 25.6% of the participants in the control and intervention groups respectively had poor knowledge. The hypotheses tested showed that there is a significant difference in pregnant women’s pre and post-test knowledge on anaemia between the intervention and control groups (p-<0.001).
Conclusion: Encouraging more educational intervention that will improve the knowledge of the pregnant women will bring about reduction in maternal and child morbidity and mortality.
Nnamdi NJ, Ekpenyong AU2, Udo-Inyang FO, Nwachukwu NN,, Okorocha NA. Effect of educational intervention on knowledge of anaemia among pregnant women attending selected health centres in Abia state. Int J Adv Res Nurs 2025;8(1):45-51. DOI: 10.33545/nursing.2025.v8.i1.A.446