TY - JOUR AU - Khuan, Lee AU - Mohd Zulkifli , Nik Qatrun Nadira AU - Abdul Rashid, Nor’ain AU - Mohammed, Auwalu PY - 2023/01/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Knowledge among Pregnant Women Regarding Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension at a Public Hospital in Malaysia JF - The Malaysian Journal of Nursing (MJN) JA - The Malaysian Journal of Nursing VL - 14 IS - 3 SE - DO - 10.31674/mjn.2023.v14i03.012 UR - https://ejournal.lucp.net/index.php/mjn/article/view/1762 SP - 102-109 AB - <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #252525;">Background</span></strong><span style="color: #252525;">: Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (PIH) is a significant contributor to various pregnancy complications. Therefore, an effective way to avoid possible fatal complications of the disease is<strong> to create awareness among pregnant women</strong>. Pregnant women who are aware of the danger signs of pregnancy will take responsibility for seeking medical attention if any complications arise. However, there is a lack of study done at public hospitals in Selangor regarding the knowledge level of PIH.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #252525;">Aim:</span></strong><span style="color: #252525;"> To determine the level of knowledge regarding PIH among pregnant mothers.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #252525;">Methods:</span></strong><span style="color: #252525;"> A cross-sectional design with systematic sampling was used. A total of 283 pregnant mothers who attended the antenatal clinic were recruited. All data were analysed using the Statistical Analysis Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #252525;">Results:</span></strong><span style="color: #252525;"> The results showed that only 32.9% of the respondents had good knowledge of PIH, while 67.1% had poor knowledge regarding PIH. Most of them had a higher level of education, such as tertiary (62.9%), two-thirds were employed (68.2%), the majority were Malays (89.8%), had children between 2 and 4 years of age (36.4%), and 30.0% were currently pregnant for 16 to 20 weeks. Meanwhile, 53.0% of the respondents attended antenatal check-ups fewer than eight times. The result indicated a significant association between parity and level of knowledge on PIH (<em>χ²</em>= 7.848; <em>p</em>= 0.049).</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #252525;">Conclusion:</span></strong><span style="color: #252525;"> The majority of pregnant mothers have poor knowledge of PIH. Health education on PIH is needed to reduce the rate of delay in seeking treatment.</span></p> ER -