Misoprostol, Magnesium Sulphate and Anti-shock garment: A knowledge, availability and utilization study at the Primary Health Care Level in Western Nigeria

Nigeria has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world. The nurses and midwives being the first point of contact play a central role in addressing these problems. This study was conducted to assess the knowledge and utilization of the technologies (misoprostol, anti-shock garment and...

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Published in:PloS one 2019-03, Vol.14 (3), p.e0213491-e0213491
Main Authors: Duduyemi, Adeola O, Okafor, Ifeoma P, Oridota, Ezekiel S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abortion
Adult
Aged
Analysis
Biology and Life Sciences
Cross-Sectional Studies
Evidence-based nursing
Female
Garments
Global health
Health aspects
Health care
Health care facilities
Health facilities
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Knowledge
Magnesium sulfate
Magnesium Sulfate - administration & dosage
Male
Maternal & child health
Maternal Mortality
Medical care utilization
Medical personnel
Medicine and Health Sciences
Middle Aged
Midwifery
Midwives
Misoprostol
Misoprostol - administration & dosage
Mortality
Nigeria - epidemiology
Nurse Midwives
Nurses
Nursing research
Obstetrics
People and Places
Physical Sciences
Preeclampsia
Pregnancy
Pressure suits
Prevention
Primary care
Primary Health Care
Public health
Reduction
Retraining
Sepsis
Shock
Shock - drug therapy
Shock - mortality
Sulfates
Surveys
Surveys and Questionnaires
Technology
Training
Womens health
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Summary:Nigeria has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world. The nurses and midwives being the first point of contact play a central role in addressing these problems. This study was conducted to assess the knowledge and utilization of the technologies (misoprostol, anti-shock garment and magnesium sulphate) in the reduction of maternal mortality amongst the Primary Health Care (PHC) nurses and midwives in Lagos State, Nigeria. In addition, the availability of the technologies in the flagship Primary Health Centres (PHCs) was assessed. This was a cross-sectional study among all the nurses and midwives at the flagship PHCs in Lagos state and a total of 230 were eventually studied. Data was collected using a self-administered, structured questionnaire and a checklist. Descriptive and inferential statistics were applied. Level of significance was set at 5% (p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0213491