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Hence, this study aimed to know the factors associated with the knowledge of obstetric danger signs among pregnant women who attend the primary health care clinics, which is considered as the first gate to seek health care for pregnant women during antenatal checkups.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methodology:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This is a cross-sectional study conducted among 400 pregnant women selected by simple random sampling technique who were attending antenatal clinics at primary health care centers at Abha City by using an interview-based questionnaire.cores of &lt;50%, 50\u201375%, and &gt;75% were considered to be poor, intermediate, and good scores. Frequencies and percentages were used for descriptive variables, whereas for association, tests of significance (Chi square,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">t<\/jats:italic>\n                      -test, and F-test) were applied.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Almost 70.8% of participants received health information on obstetric danger signs. The main sources of information were the Internet (23%), family, relatives or friends (17%), and health care providers. The highest participants' correct responses regarding obstetric danger signs were related to severe vaginal bleeding (93.5%), convulsions (76.8%), and decreased fetal movements (76.5%). Proportions of participants with poor knowledge showed an inverse and significant increase with their educational levels (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001). The highest percentage of poor knowledge grade was observed among participants with no children (54.6%). Participants who received previous information on danger signs had significantly better knowledge grades than those who have not received previous information (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Women's knowledge was suboptimal regarding obstetric danger signs. 30% of women did not receive information about danger signs. Health education provided on obstetric danger signs to pregnant women should be enforced to those who are illiterate, are unemployed, have a low family income, and are with no or less previous pregnancies.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/jfmpc.jfmpc_425_23","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,20]],"date-time":"2023-11-20T05:01:44Z","timestamp":1700456504000},"page":"2855-2862","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Factors associated with the knowledge of obstetric danger signs among pregnant women attending primary health care antenatal care clinics in Abha city"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Ayoub Ali","family":"Alshaikh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi 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