Pregnant Women’s Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Towards the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS in Dil Chora Referral Hospital, Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Table 1 Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Pregnant Mothers Attending ANC of Dil Chora Referral Hospital, Dire Dawa, East Ethiopian, 2017

No	Description		Number	Percent
1	Age	15–25	113	46.7
		26–35	116	47.9
		>36	13	5.4
		Total	242	100
2	Address	Urban	195	80.6
		Rural	47	19.4
3	Ethnicity	Oromo	118	48.8
		Amhara	84	34.7
		Tigray	14	5.8
		Gurage	19	7.9
		Somali	7	2.9
		Total	242	100
4	Educational status	Unable to read and write	26	10.7
		Able to read and write	31	12.8
		Primary level	47	19.4
		Secondary level	61	25.3
		College/university	77	31.8
		Total	242	100
5	Occupation of respondents	Housewife	103	42.6
		Governmental employ	73	30.2
		Daily laborer	53	21.9
		Farmer	8	3.3
		Student	5	2.1
		Total	242	100
6	Total Monthly income	<600	21	8.7
		600–1000	62	25.6
		>1000	118	48.8
		I have no income	41	16.9
		Total	242	100
7	Marital status	Married	200	82.6
		Single	31	12.8
		Divorced	11	4.5
		Total	242	100
8	Duration of pregnancy	1–3 month	42	21.
		4–6 month	80	33.1
		>7 month	110	45.5
		Total	242	100

Figure 1 Pie chart showing the religious distribution of pregnant women who were attending ANC clinic in Dil Chora Referral Hospital in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, 2017.

Figure 2 Number of ANC visits by pregnant women who were attending ANC clinic in Dil Chora hospital, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, 2017 (n=242).

Table 2 Mothers' response about the time of transmission of the virus from the infected mother to her child attending ANC clinic at Dilchora Referral Hospital, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, 2017

No	Description		Measurements
			Frequency		Percent
1	Have you ever heard about HIV/AIDS?	Yes	242		100
		No	0		0
2	Do you know about ways of HIV transmission?	Yes	232		95.9
		No	10		4.1
		Total	242		100
3	What way of HIV transmission do you know?	Sharing sharp materials	Yes	230	99.1
			No	2	0.9
			Total	232	100
		Unprotected sexual intercourse	Yes	232	100
			No	0	0
			Total	232	100
		Mother to child	Yes	232	100
			No	0	0
			Total	232	100
4	Do you know HIV preventive methods?	Yes		236	97.5
		No		6	2.5
		Total		242	100
5	Do you think that condom has an advantage for PMTCT?	Yes		166	70.3
		No		70	29.7
		Total		236	100
6	What is its advantage?	Protect the mother from being infected with HIV	Yes	230	97.5
			No	6	2.5
			Total	236	100
		Decrease risk of having HIV infected baby	Yes	226	95.8
			No	10	4.2
			Total	236	100
		Prevent unwanted pregnancy and STI	Yes	226	95.8
			No	10	4.2
			Total	236	100

Figure 3 Knowledge of pregnant mother towards the prevention methods of HIV/AIDS in Dil Chora Referral Hospital, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, 2017.

Figure 4 Pregnant mothers’ source of information about HIV/AIDS in Dil Chora Referral Hospital ANC clinic, 2017.

Figure 5 Knowledge about the time of MTCT of a pregnant mother who attending ANC clinic in Dil Chora Referral Hospital, Dire Dawa, 2017.

Table 3 Knowledge of Pregnant Mothers Towards Mother to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS and Its Prevention Attending ANC Clinic at Dil Chora Referral Hospital, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, 2017

1	Do you think testing has an advantage for PMTCT?	Yes			239	98.8
		No			3	1.2
		Total			242	100
2	What are the advantages of testing HIV/AIDS?	To know our status	Yes		230	96.2
			No		9	3.8
			Total		239	100
		To start ART drug early if the result is positive	Yes		220	92.1
			No		19	7.9
			Total		239	100
		To protect others	Yes		175	73.2
			No		64	26.8
			Total		242	100
3	Is medication (ART) given to the mother during pregnancy to reduce MTCT of HIV/AIDS?	Yes			206	85.1
		No			36	14.9
		Total			242	100
4	How can mother-to-child transmission of HIV be prevented?	Antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy.		Yes	217	89.7
				No	25	10.3
				Total	242	100.0
		Delivery by cesarean section		Yes	88	36.4
				No	154	63.6
				Total	242	100
		Giving antiretroviral drugs to the newborn.		Yes	117	48.3
				No	125	51.7
				Total	242	100.0

Figure 6 Knowledge of pregnant mothers about the time of ART prophylaxis started to PMTCT in Dil Chora Referral Hospital, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, 2017.

Table 4 Attitude of Pregnant Mothers Towards Mother to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS and Its Prevention Attending ANC Clinic at Dil Chora Referral Hospital, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, 2017

1	Is it important that every pregnant woman gets tested for HIV?	Agree	242	100.0
		Disagree	0	0
		Total	242	100
2	Does every pregnant woman have to attend ANC follow-up?	Agree	242	100.
		Disagree	0	0
3	If one is infected with HIV then she should not get pregnant again	Agree	242	100.0
		Disagree	0	0
4	Do you support the strategies for PMTCT?	Agree	242	100.0
		Disagree	0	0
5	Using protective gears (condoms) during pregnancy and breastfeeding reduces MTCT	Agree	206	85.1
		Disagree	36	14.9
		Total	242	100.0
6	Obstetric care during labor and delivery reduces MTCT of HIV?	Agree	238	98.3
		Disagree	4	1.7
		Total	242	100.0
7	Women fear to be tested for HIV/AIDS due to social isolation	Agree	83	34.3
		Disagree	159	65.7
		Total	242	100.0

Table 5 Practice of Pregnant Mothers Towards Mother to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS and Its Prevention Attending ANC Clinic at Dil Chora Referral Hospital, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, 2017

1	Have you ever been tested?	Yes	238	98.3
		No	4	1.7
		Total	242	100.0
2	Where did you get tested	In health institution	228	95.8
		In the community as an outreach	10	4.2
		Total	238	100.0
3	Do you have testing practice every three months?	Yes	105	44.1
		No	133	55.9
		Total	238	100.0
4	Was any Pre-testing counseling done to you during HIV testing?	Yes	205	86.1
		No	33	13.9
		Total	238	100.0
5	Was any Post-testing counseling done to you during HIV testing?	Yes	208	87.4
		No	30	12.6
		Total	238	100.0
6	How many times where you tested for HIV?	1	64	26.9
		2	81	34.0
		> 3	93	39.1
		Total	238	100.0
7	Have you ever done anything to prevent MTCT as an individual	Yes	154	63.6
		No	88	36.4
		Total	242	100.0

Figure 7 Time of testing of HIV/AIDS among pregnant mothers who attending ANC clinic in Dil Chora Referral Hospital, Dire Dawa, 2017.