Knowledge, attitude and practice of family planning methods among women reporting to a tertiary care hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Contraception ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 86 (2) ◽  
pp. 173
Author(s):  
A. Ahmed ◽  
R. Ali ◽  
F. Khan ◽  
A. Nadeem ◽  
G. Zaffar
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Planning Methods ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice ◽  
Family Planning Methods

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude and practice of contraception among nursing and para-medical staff in a tertiary care hospital of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 2234
Author(s):  
Parul Garg
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Family Planning ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Paramedical Staff ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Planning Methods ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice ◽  
Family Planning Methods

Background: The objective of this study was to study the knowledge, attitude and practice of contraception among nursing and para-medical staff in a tertiary care hospital and also to identify factors that are associated with non-usage of contraception.Methods: The study was conducted on 100 nursing and paramedical staff working at K. D. Medical College and associated hospital at Mathura from November 2019 to January 2020. After obtaining consent, randomly selected married nursing and paramedical staff were given a pre-designed, structured questionnaire on socio-demographic variables, knowledge, attitude and practice towards contraception.Results: In the present study, out of 100 participants, 89 had awareness of contraception. Majority of them knew about condoms, followed by Copper-T/multiload and OCPs. The knowledge about contraception was mainly obtained through social media and health professionals.Conclusions: Health care providers should be equipped with recent information on all the available family planning methods through intensive in-service trainings, seminars/conferences, etc. This will get them informed and all misconceptions will be erased and in turn each health care provider will be able to make informed choice from the various options of family planning methods and practice the best suitable method. 

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude, and practice of contraception among women attending a tertiary care hospital

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 2208
Author(s):  
Alpana Agrawal ◽  
Rashmi Saxena ◽  
Manisha Gupta ◽  
Neelima Agarwal ◽  
Divya Shubham ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Contraceptive Usage ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
High Level ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: This study was carried out to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of contraceptive methods among women attending a tertiary care hospital, to know the influence of various factors on use of contraceptives and to identify the reasons for not using contraception.Methods: A cross sectional, observational study was conducted in Obstetrics OPD, Santosh Medical College, Ghaziabad. 408 married women of reproductive age group (15-45 years), randomly selected, were interviewed with the help of a predesigned questionnaire to elicit information regarding their demographic profile, knowledge, attitude and practice of contraception.Results: In our study 73.3% women interviewed were aware about family planning methods.  Awareness was lowest among adolescents less than 20 years of age (28%) and highest among 31-35 yr age group (84.1%). The main source of knowledge was “friends/relatives” (37.8%) and mass media (26.8%). Awareness was high in Para-1 (96.5%), higher SES (97.4%), with higher education (90.7%), in working women (80.4%), women living in nuclear families (80.2%) and Hindu females (73.7%).  But in spite of high level of awareness, contraception usage was less (54.4%), the main reason being fear and misconceptions regarding contraceptives.Conclusions: It can be concluded that high level of knowledge and awareness does not match with contraceptive usage rate. Converting family planning knowledge into practice is the real challenge for India. Hence, we recommend sustained efforts to increase awareness and motivation for contraceptive use through more information, education and communication with the reproductive age couples, and improved social and welfare services.

scholarly journals An epidemiological study on knowledge, attitude and practice of injection safety among health care personnel in a tertiary care hospital of Tripura

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 4128
Author(s):  
Anjan Datta ◽  
Kaushik Nag ◽  
Nabarun Karmakar ◽  
Tamal Chakraborty
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Health Care Personnel ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Unsafe Injection ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice ◽  
Injection Safety ◽  
Injection Practices

Background: Injection is considered as one of the key procedures of drug delivery all over the world. Unsafe injection practices are very common in countries like India. This study was aimed to assess knowledge, attitude and practice of injection safety in a tertiary care hospital of Tripura.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 300 participants including staff nurses, operation theater (OT) assistants and laboratory technicians of Tripura Medical College and Dr. BRAM Teaching Hospital, Hapania; who were primarily involved in routine injection practices related to patient care from January 15th to February 14th 2018. Data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS version 16.0.Results: Majority (77%) of the participants in this study belonged to 18 to 25 years age group and were females (71.3%); mostly were nurses (88%), followed by OT assistants (6.3%) and laboratory technicians (5.7%) respectively. Good injection safety practices were reported by majority of the participants (67.3%). Higher mean age with knowledge of injection safety, nurses as compared to others and probational work experience than permanent were found to have significant association with safe injection practices of the participants.Conclusions: Even though study findings showed good practice related to injection safety among the health care personnel like similar other studies in this country, still improvement is required to fulfil the gap in knowledge and attitude of the health care providers to keep unsafe injection to the minimum level.

INFLUENCE OF PHARMACEUTICALINFLUENCE OF PHARMACEUTICAL CARE ACTIVITIES ON KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE (KAP) AMONG DIABETIC PATIENTS IN A TERTI CARE ACTIVITIES ON KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE (KAP) AMONG DIABETIC PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

2020 ◽  
pp. 36-40
Author(s):  
K. SHAILAJA ◽  
ANJU ABRAHAM ◽  
BINDHU BHARGAVI ◽  
R. DEVIKA
Keyword(s):  
Pharmaceutical Care ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Diabetic Patients ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Patient Counseling ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Baseline Values ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Objective: To assess the influence of pharmaceutical care activities on Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) among type 2 diabetic patients. Methods: A total of about 301 patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus were recruited from a tertiary care hospital. Patients were educated about their disease condition, lifestyle modifications and diet regimen to be followed and were given instructions for improving medication adherence. In the initial session, no pharmaceutical care was given, in the second session patient counseling was given verbally and in the last session patient counseling was given both verbally and non-verbally by means of pamphlet distribution. KAP questionnaire and glycemic levels (glycated hemoglobin, fasting blood sugar and post-prandial blood sugar) of participants were obtained at baseline and at follow up. Results: The baseline values of FBS in patients before intervention was found to be 176.5±74.46 mg/dL and it was reduced to 140.7±43.9 mg/dL after 3 mo. Henceforth, there was also an improvement in the PPBS values which was found to be 254±77.3 mg/dL at the baseline and was 212.9±54.2 mg/dL after intervention. The baseline values of HbA1c is 8.144±1.727% and after intervention, value reduced to about 7.173±2.768%. After the intervention, it was found to be that 30%, 16% and 12% reduction in FBS, PPBS and HbA1c values and the P-value (<0.0001) found to be statistically significant. KAP scores also found to be improved after the intervention and statistically significant. The results clearly indicate that through proper guidance and educating the patients by the pharmacist is beneficial in managing the glycemic levels and reduce further complications. Conclusion: The study concluded that the pharmaceutical care by the pharmacist is highly essentially and useful for the patients to manage the glycemic index and prevent further diabetic complications.

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