- ABDULLAHI Ahmed Hameed (Ph.D)
- DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17967181
- Global Academic and Scientific Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies (GASJMS)
Pregnancy is often seen as a
period of happiness for women of childbearing age worldwide. However, five
percent of deaths occur due to pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH). For a
woman experiencing PIH due to hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, the period
sometimes leads to unhappiness and death. This study, therefore, examined the
impact of health education intervention on determinants of pregnancy-induced
hypertension among pregnant women in Ilorin. The objectives of the study were
to: (i) examine age as a determinant of PIH; (ii) investigate gestational diabetes
as a determinant of PIH; (iii) assess family history as a determinant of PIH;
(iv) examine multiple pregnancy as a determinant of PIH; (v) identify whether
lifestyle is a determinant of PIH.
Quasi-experimental research
design of pre-test and post-test control group design was used for the study.
The target population for the study was all registered pregnant women attending
Primary Health Care clinics in Ilorin. A multi-stage sampling procedure was
used to sample 70. A researcher- developed and validated questionnaire with
reliability co-efficient of 0.78, determined through split-half method was used
for the study. Pre-test was administered to both the experimental and control
group; intervention on determinants of pregnancy-induced hypertension was given
for eight weeks to the experimental group while control group received placebo
after which the groups were given post-test. Inferential Statistics of t-test
was used to analyse the hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level.
The findings of the study
were that:
i. age was a significant determinant of pregnancy-induced
hypertension among pregnant women in the experimental group after health
education intervention; (t-cal = -13.93 p-value = .000);
ii. diabetes mellitus was a significant determinant of
pregnancy-induced hypertension among pregnant women in the experimental group
after health education intervention; (t-cal = -11.904 p-value = .000);
iii. family history was a significant determinant of
pregnancy-induced hypertension between pregnant women in the experimental group
after health education intervention; (t-cal = -15.094 p-value = .000);
iv. multiple pregnancy was a significant determinant of
pregnancy-induced hypertension among pregnant women in the experimental group
after health education intervention in Ilorin, Kwara State (t-cal= -12.897
p-value = .000);
v. lifestyle as a significant determinant of pregnancy-induced
hypertension among pregnant women in the experimental group after health
education intervention in Ilorin, Kwara State (t-cal = -12.324 p-value = .000).
The study concluded that there was no difference in the knowledge of determinants of pregnancy-induced hypertension before the intervention in the two groups, but there was significant improvement after the intervention among the experimental group. This implies that health education impacted positively on the determinants of pregnancy-induced hypertension among pregnant women. The study, therefore, recommended that health education on determinants of pregnancy-induced hypertension should be given by health educators to prevent pregnancy-induced hypertension and improve pregnancy outcome.
