Awareness, Use, Care of Insecticide-treated Bed Nets among Pregnant Women in Buea (Buea) and Bonassama (Douala)

H. Ngouakam, J. Fru-cho, B. Tientche
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Background: Malaria in pregnancy (MiP) remains a major health problem in Cameroon, with an unacceptably high annual maternal mortality rate pegged at 782 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. Despite the gains made through the free distribution of Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets (LLITNs) during the antenatal visit and the mass campaign, there is a paucity of data about how pregnant women effectively care for LLITNs. Methods: This was a hospital-based descriptive cross-sectional study conducted from June 2016 to September 2017 among consecutive consenting pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Bonassama Health District (BHDa) and Buea Health Districts (BHD) located in Douala and Buea respectively using structured questionnaires. Results: Seventy-eight point two (78.2%) of participants never used LLITNs in BHD compared to 7.0 % in BHDa. A greater proportion of participants in both health districts declared having acquired LLITNs during antenatal visits 502 (65.2%) and LLITNs acquisition were facilitated mostly by health workers (77.92 %) in BHD and (53.5%) BHDa. In BHD, 125 (32.5%) never washed their ITNs and the reasons cited were the difficulties to mount when removes 72 (18.7%) in BHD and 47 (12.2%) in BHDa. The majority of pregnant women do self-repaired 383(99.5%) their LLITNs when their damaged than taking them to the tailor 138(17.9%). Conclusion: The high level of knowledge of LLITNs in protecting pregnant women against mosquito bites does not parallel the use of LLITNs in the study population. Forgetfulness and heat were the main reasons for not using the LLITNs in both Health Districts. Continuous health education and sensitization on the use of LLITNs as an effective preventive method for malaria during pregnancy should be accelerated especially during an antenatal visit.
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布埃亚(布埃亚)和博纳萨马(杜阿拉)孕妇对驱虫蚊帐的认识、使用和护理
背景:孕期疟疾仍然是喀麦隆的一个主要健康问题,每年孕产妇死亡率高得令人无法接受,每10万活产782例孕产妇死亡。尽管通过在产前检查和群众运动期间免费分发长效驱虫蚊帐取得了成果,但缺乏关于孕妇如何有效护理长效驱虫蚊帐的数据。方法:这是一项基于医院的描述性横断面研究,于2016年6月至2017年9月在分别位于杜阿拉和布埃亚的博纳萨马卫生区(BHDa)和布埃亚卫生区(BHD)的产前诊所连续接受同意的孕妇中进行。结果:78.2%的BHD患者从未使用过llitn,而BHD患者的这一比例为7.0%。两个保健区的参与者在产前检查期间宣布获得llitn的比例更高(65.2%),BHD和BHDa的卫生工作者(77.92%)促进了llitn的获得(53.5%)。在BHD患者中,125例(32.5%)从未清洗过itn,原因是BHD患者中有72例(18.7%)和BHDa患者中有47例(12.2%)难以清除itn。大多数孕妇在llitn损坏时自行修复(99.5%),而不是将其送到裁缝处(17.9%)。结论:在保护孕妇免受蚊虫叮咬方面,llitn的高知识水平与研究人群中llitn的使用并不平行。健忘和炎热是两个卫生区不使用llitn的主要原因。应继续进行保健教育,并使人们认识到将小剂量药物作为孕期疟疾的有效预防方法,特别是在产前检查期间。
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