Nutritional Knowledge, Attitude and Practice among Antenatal and Postnatal Mothers in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan (Htaa), Kuantan, Pahang 2016

Background: Balanced and sufficient maternal nutritional intake ensures not only the wellbeing of pregnant mother, fetus, and newborn (protection of life) but also her future health and her three generations (protection of progeny). Nutritional inadequacies during pregnancy have been reported and se...

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Veröffentlicht in:International medical journal Malaysia 2018-07, Vol.17 (1)
Hauptverfasser: Ikhsan, Liyana Nabihah, Nasaruddin, Nur Asifa Mohd, Othman, Farhana, Abd Aziz, Karimah Hanim, Ismail, Hamizah
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Zusammenfassung:Background: Balanced and sufficient maternal nutritional intake ensures not only the wellbeing of pregnant mother, fetus, and newborn (protection of life) but also her future health and her three generations (protection of progeny). Nutritional inadequacies during pregnancy have been reported and several factors were attributed. The objectives were to measure nutritional knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) during pregnancy and the relationship with socio-demographic characteristics. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 320 antenatal and postnatal mothers in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan (HTAA), Pahang, Malaysia from 18th July to 27th August 2016. A pre-tested self-constructed, interview-guided questionnaire was used. Independent variables were age, ethnicity, educational level, marital status, and monthly household income. Outcomes were nutritional KAP-level with median used for the categorization. The relationship between independent variables and outcomes was obtained by logistic regression with significance at p
ISSN:1823-4631
1823-4631
DOI:10.31436/imjm.v17i1.1028