The prevalence of preconception care, its relation with recipients’ individuality, fertility, and the causes of lack of checkup in women who gave birth in Isfahan hospitals in 2016
نویسندگان
1 Department of Midwifery and Reproductive Health, Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Heart Failure Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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چکیده
BACKGROUND: Preconception care is a set of interventions that aim to identify and repair the factorsthat can affect the outcome of pregnancy. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence ofreceiving preconception care, its relation with recipients’ individuality, fertility, and determining thereason for lack of checkup.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a descriptive cross‑sectional study that was conducted basedon simple stratified random quota sampling on 702 women who gave birth in hospitals of Isfahan (Iran)from April to June in 2016. The tool of collecting data was researcher‑made questionnaire. The datawere analyzed by the SPSS software version 18 using the mean, standard deviation, relativity, andindependent Chi‑square tests.RESULTS: The results showed that 47.7% of participants had received preconception care. Therewas a significant relationship between educational levels, income, wanted pregnancy, number ofpregnancies, and previous individual delivery with preconception care (P < 0/05). The main reasonfor the lack of preconception care was unplanned pregnancy.CONCLUSIONS: Results of this study indicated that the quantity of preconception care is notdesirable. Therefore, notifying and sensitizing women of childbearing age is essential to refer toservice centers and receiving preconception care and planning to present it to all eligible womenbefore pregnancy care. The main causes of the lack of preconception care can be adjusted throughhealth programs.
