Nurse-Led Intervention on Knowledge of Dangersigns in Pregnancy Among Women Attendingantenatal Clinic In The Two Teaching Hospitals In Lagos State, Nigeria

In Nigeria in spite of 76 % of all pregnant women attending antenatal care at least once, the most common
causes of deaths are due to factors that could have been detected and addressed. This study therefore hoped to
evaluate the effect of a nurse-led Intervention on knowledge of danger signs among pregnant women attending
antenatal clinic in two Teaching Hospitals in Lagos state. The conceptual model for the study was adapted from
Bloom’s taxonomy of learning domain.
The study adopted a longitudinal case control study, where intervention of a nurse led education was given to
the experimental group. The two groups include (experimental and control groups). Intervention of a nurse led
health education was given to the experimental group. The instrument for data collection was a self-structured
questionnaire which was administered by the researcher. Data was collected at a pre and post intervention
period of 6 weeks. Data from this study was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS)
version 23.0.
The sample size of 127 (66 experimental and 61 control groups) was determined using Schaeffer, Mendenall,
and Ott formula. Simple random sampling was used in selecting the participants from the two teaching
hospitals. 97.0% of the experimental group was married with a good number of them (32) between 21 and 35
years of age. Both groups in this study had a generally poor level (experimental = 60.6%, control = 63.9%) of
knowledge on danger signs in pregnancy prior to the intervention. There was however a statistically significant
(p = 0.001) improvement in the mean knowledge score of the experimental group from the pre-intervention
(20.3±2.5) to the post-intervention (35.2±1.4) period.
Nurse-led health education intervention is a very important tool in improving knowledge of pregnant women on
danger signs in pregnancy. Nurses and midwife should do more in emphasizing this aspect of health education
for pregnant women and their relatives.