Background: Maternal morbidity and mortality-related causes are preventable. the three delays are the main ones, and poor knowledge is believed one of the contributing factors to these delays.
Methods: The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge level of pregnant mothers and factors associated with obstetric danger signs in Tenta Woreda, Health Facilities, of South Wollo, It is an institution-based cross-sectional study. All the health facilities in the woreda were included in the study and, the sample size was calculated using a single population proportion with the proportion of 21.9% based on a previous study it was 293 women, the study subject proportionally allocated to the respective facility and systematic sampling was used to get every sampled individual. The data were collected by interview method. The data was entered using epi data (version 4.2) and exported to SPSS version 25.00 for clearing and analysis and Logistic regression analyses were employed to identify factors associated with knowledge of obstetric danger signs. Using 95% CI variables with a p-value
Result: The response rate of the study was ninety-eight percent (287). The overall knowledge of mothers about obstetric danger signs that occur in the three childbearing periods (prenatal, postnatal, postnatal) was 78(27.2%). Separated knowledge was in this study, 128 (44.6%), 140(48%) and 132(46%) knew at least three danger signs during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum period respectively. Being secondary education was 4.7 times more knowledgeable than illiterate, (AOR=4.7, 95% CI 1.00,22.01) residency is also another significant determinant for maternal knowledge. Being urbanized was three times more knowledgeable than the rural compartment (AOR=3.1, 95%CI=1.059,9.34).
Conclusion: A significant proportion of nearly (70%) of pregnant women in Tenta Woreda know less than three obstetric danger signs. Area of residence, occupation, education level, gravidity, and antenatal care service utilization were independently associated with the knowledge of women on obstetric danger signs.
