Qualified antenatal care during the COVID – 19 pandemic in public hospitals of the Saraburi Province
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The objectives of the descriptive were to assess the rate of quality antenatal care and to study the relationship of personal factors, knowledge of pregnancy and quality antenatal care, knowledge of Covid-19 risks, perceived risk and severity of quality non-antenatal care, perceived benefits and barriers to quality antenatal visits, and social support between individuals and society and quality antenatal care among postpartum women in government hospital, Saraburi Province. Data were collected from May to September 2022 by using the online questionnaires of 341 postpartum women. Descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression at 5% significance level were adopted for the analysis. Results showed that 48.7% of postpartum women received quality antenatal care, 74.3% had monthly incomes of 15,001 – 50,000 baht, 46.9 %, had a low level of perceived benefits and obstacles of quality antenatal care. Those who had monthly incomes of 15,001 - 50,000 baht had higher rate of quality antenatal care than those without income (Adjusted Odds Ratio; AOR= 3.37, 95 % CI: 1.74 - 6.54). Good level of perceived benefits and barriers to quality antenatal visits had high level and moderate level of quality antenatal care than those with low level (AOR = 4.76, 2.71, 95% CI: 1.63 - 13.95, 1.58 - 4.65, respectively). Therefore, access to quality prenatal care services should be proactively increased in the community, proactive public health services should be provided. Promoting perception of the benefits and raising awareness of quality antenatal care, in particular during the pandemic of COVID-19 or other diseases.
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