Factors Associated with Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness Among Pregnant Women in Bench Maji Zone, Southwest Ethiopia A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract

BACKGROUND ፡ Birth preparedness and complication readinessis the process of preparing for normal birth and anticipating theactions needed in case of an emergency. About 300 million womenin the developing world affected by short-term or long-term illness,even death brought by pregnancy and childbirth. This is becauseinsufficiency birth and emergency preparedness. The objective ofthis study was to assess birth preparedness and complicationreadiness, and its associated factors among pregnant women inBench Maji Zone.METHODS AND MATERIALS: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted `on 605 participants. Multi-stagesampling was used to select woredas and kebeles by simple randomsampling technique. The study subjects were selected by systematicsampling technique. Multivariable logistic regression analysis wasused to control confounds. Odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidenceinterval was used to examine associations between dependent andindependent variables. P-value of less than 0.05 was consideredsignificant.RESULT: This study identified that the knowledge and practice ofrespondents about birth preparedness and complication readinesswere 285(48.4%) and 249(42.3%) respectively. Place of residence(AOR 2.0; 95%CI: 1.2- 3.2), occupational status of mother(AOR3.2; 95%CI: 1.2- 8.1), knowledge of BP/CR (AOR 12.6;95%CI: 7.5-21.4) and knowledge of danger sign during pregnancy(AOR 1.9; 95%CI: 1.1-3.3) were found to have statisticallysignificant association.CONCLUSION: The status of birth preparedness and complicationreadiness was low. Place of residence, occupation, havingknowledge about birth preparedness and complication readiness,and having knowledge about danger signs during pregnancy werethe factors associated with birth preparedness and complicationreadiness.