Pregnant Women’s Knowledge and source of information towards Ultrasound Scan in Saudi Arabia

Rania Mohammed Ahmed

Volume : V, Issue : X, October - 2015

Pregnant Women’s Knowledge and source of information towards Ultrasound Scan in Saudi Arabia

Rania Mohammed Ahmed

Abstract :

 Ultrasound Scan (U/S) has become an almost universal part of antenatal care in developed countries. To best of our knowledge there was no similar study done in Taif. So this study aimed to assess pregnant women’s knowledge about the importance of prenatal sonography and their purposes from it. Methods: 151 pregnant women attending antenatal clinic were asked to fill in a pretested structured questionnaire .SPSS was used for the data analysis. Results: Most of the study sample were Saudi and their age ranged (16 –59) year, (86.8%) had university education , (86.8%) heard about ultrasound before and obstetrician was main source of information (60.9 %),friends and family represented (21.2%). (64.2%) had more than one purpose from the scan. Conclusion: In this study women had modest knowledge and had more than two purposes from U/S. Recommendation : Educational plan must be implemented to help pregnant women to increase their knowledge