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Out of this number, 223 were recruited, comprising 111 prenatal and 112 postnatal mothers. A structured interviewer\u2010administered questionnaire was used to obtain data on participants\u2019 venous thromboembolism risk, which was categorized into high, intermediate, and low using the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists guidelines. Data on thromboprophylaxis were also obtained and analyzed. Values were considered statistically significant at <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.05.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Overall venous thromboembolism risk among the study population was 82\/223 (36.8%). All patients at high risk were prenatal, 59\/112 (52.7%) of postnatal mothers were at intermediate risk, compared with 20\/111 (18.0%) of prenatal women (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001). Prevalence of thromboprophylaxis was 5\/82 (6.1%). All prenatal high\u2010risk patients received thromboprophylaxis, whereas only 2\/20 (10.0%) of women with intermediate risk received thromboprophylaxis. The incidence of venous thromboembolism was 3\/546 (0.6%) in the obstetric inpatients.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our study found a high prevalence of venous thromboembolism risk among obstetric inpatients at the Korle\u2010Bu Teaching Hospital. However, thromboprophylaxis was low. 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