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Nini Babu, Rinu Abraham, Megha Johnson M, Megha Mariya Mathew, Megha Prasad
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10.52711/ijnmr.2025.39 
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Nini Babu1, Rinu Abraham2, Megha Johnson M3, Megha Mariya Mathew3, Megha Prasad3
1Assistant Professor, Dept of Obstertics and Gynaecological Nursing, M.O.S.C College of Nursing, Kolenchery, Ernakulam, Kerala, India.
2Assistant Professor, Dept of Obstertics and Gynaecological Nursing, M.O.S.C College of Nursing, Kolenchery, Ernakulam, Kerala, India.
3Final Year B.Sc Nursing Students (2018-2022). M.O.S.C College of Nursing, Kolenchery, Ernakulam, Kerala, India.
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Volume - 4,
Issue - 4,
Year - 2025
ABSTRACT:
Aim: This descriptive study is conducted to assess the perceived risk and covid appropriate behavior among women attending antenatal clinic during Covid -19. Objective: To assess the perceived risk and covid appropriate behavior of antenatal women. To find the relation between perceived risk and covid appropriate behavior of antenatal women. To find the association of perceived risk and covid appropriate behavior of antenatal women with their selected socio-demographic and clinical variables. Methods: Descriptive study is employed. Data is collected from 84 antenatal women attending antenatal clinic during Covid-19 pandemic in a selected tertiary care centre in Ernakulam district, Kerala. Study participants are asked to complete a structured socio-demographic and clinical proforma and a structured rating scale to assess the perceived risk of antenatal women during Covid-19 pandemic and a structured rating scale to assess covid appropriate behavior of antenatal women during Covid-19 pandemic. The data is analyzed using R software. Results: The present study is intended to assess the perceived risk and covid appropriate behavior among women attending antenatal clinic during Covid-19. There is a weak positive correlation between the perceived risk and covid appropriate behavior of antenatal women during Covid 19 pandemic as the Spearman’s correlation coefficient value (?) is 0.132. The variables such as age, education, religion, family structure, employment status, economical status, pregnancy status, period of gestation, regular antenatal visits, pregnancy planning, history of covid infection, comorbidities, source of information, training sessions attended are found to be not statistically significant (p >0.05) with covid appropriate behavior of antenatal women during Covid-19 pandemic.
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Nini Babu, Rinu Abraham, Megha Johnson M, Megha Mariya Mathew, Megha Prasad. A Cross-Sectional Study to Assess the Perceived Risk and Covid Appropriate behavior among women attending Antenatal Clinic during Covid-19 Pandemic in A Tertiary Care Hospital in Ernakulam District, Kerala. A and V Pub International Journal of Nursing and Medical Research. 2025; 4(4):209-3. doi: 10.52711/ijnmr.2025.39
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Nini Babu, Rinu Abraham, Megha Johnson M, Megha Mariya Mathew, Megha Prasad. A Cross-Sectional Study to Assess the Perceived Risk and Covid Appropriate behavior among women attending Antenatal Clinic during Covid-19 Pandemic in A Tertiary Care Hospital in Ernakulam District, Kerala. A and V Pub International Journal of Nursing and Medical Research. 2025; 4(4):209-3. doi: 10.52711/ijnmr.2025.39 Available on: https://ijnmronline.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2025-4-4-5
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