A survey on Iranian midwives’ knowledge about COVID-19 during pregnancy, delivery, postpartum, and neonatal feeding
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the care that maternal and newborn health professionals, especially midwives, provide. If they know how to care for COVID-19 patients during pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum, they can manage these cases better. The study aimed to identify the know...
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Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the care that maternal and newborn health professionals, especially midwives, provide. If they know how to care for COVID-19 patients during pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum, they can manage these cases better. The study aimed to identify the knowledge of Iranian midwives about COVID-19 during pregnancy, delivery, postpartum, and neonatal feeding.
Aim: The study aimed to identify the knowledge of Iranian midwives about COVID-19 during pregnancy, delivery, postpartum, and neonatal feeding.
Methodology: This cross‑sectional study was conducted on 438 Iranian midwives from March to April 2021. Personal data and knowledge of them were gathered using an electronic web-based questionnaire. The statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS software version 18.
Results: The mean age of participants was 31.8 ± 2.3. The mean knowledge score of midwives was 11.2 ± 2.8, which was moderate. 91.55% of Midwives were more knowledgeable about COVID-19 infection symptoms in pregnant women. 34.93% and 31.05% of midwives had correct knowledge about vaccination against COVID-19 during pregnancy and breastfeeding, respectively. Results showed no statistically significant relationship between personal characteristics and knowledge of them (p > 0.05).
Conclusions: Midwives’ knowledge about COVID-19 during pregnancy, delivery, postpartum, and neonatal feeding was moderate. Recommendations: Continuing educational programs are needed by the Ministry of Health and Medical Education to design and implement for improving healthcare professionals’ knowledge about COVID-19 during pregnancy, delivery, postpartum, and neonatal feeding.
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| spelling | doaj-art-0d83defc9f6e4e9fbe888f343878b0c82025-08-20T02:16:17ZengThe Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries1972-26802023-07-01170710.3855/jidc.16779A survey on Iranian midwives’ knowledge about COVID-19 during pregnancy, delivery, postpartum, and neonatal feedingFatemeh Azarkish0Roksana Janghorban1Tropical and Communicable Diseases Research Center, Iranshahr University of Medical Sciences, Iranshahr, IranMaternal-Fetal Medicine Research Center, Department of Midwifery, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the care that maternal and newborn health professionals, especially midwives, provide. If they know how to care for COVID-19 patients during pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum, they can manage these cases better. The study aimed to identify the knowledge of Iranian midwives about COVID-19 during pregnancy, delivery, postpartum, and neonatal feeding. Aim: The study aimed to identify the knowledge of Iranian midwives about COVID-19 during pregnancy, delivery, postpartum, and neonatal feeding. Methodology: This cross‑sectional study was conducted on 438 Iranian midwives from March to April 2021. Personal data and knowledge of them were gathered using an electronic web-based questionnaire. The statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS software version 18. Results: The mean age of participants was 31.8 ± 2.3. The mean knowledge score of midwives was 11.2 ± 2.8, which was moderate. 91.55% of Midwives were more knowledgeable about COVID-19 infection symptoms in pregnant women. 34.93% and 31.05% of midwives had correct knowledge about vaccination against COVID-19 during pregnancy and breastfeeding, respectively. Results showed no statistically significant relationship between personal characteristics and knowledge of them (p > 0.05). Conclusions: Midwives’ knowledge about COVID-19 during pregnancy, delivery, postpartum, and neonatal feeding was moderate. Recommendations: Continuing educational programs are needed by the Ministry of Health and Medical Education to design and implement for improving healthcare professionals’ knowledge about COVID-19 during pregnancy, delivery, postpartum, and neonatal feeding. https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/16779BreastfeedingCOVID-19knowledgemidwiferypregnancypostpartum |
| spellingShingle | Fatemeh Azarkish Roksana Janghorban A survey on Iranian midwives’ knowledge about COVID-19 during pregnancy, delivery, postpartum, and neonatal feeding Journal of Infection in Developing Countries Breastfeeding COVID-19 knowledge midwifery pregnancy postpartum |
| title | A survey on Iranian midwives’ knowledge about COVID-19 during pregnancy, delivery, postpartum, and neonatal feeding |
| title_full | A survey on Iranian midwives’ knowledge about COVID-19 during pregnancy, delivery, postpartum, and neonatal feeding |
| title_fullStr | A survey on Iranian midwives’ knowledge about COVID-19 during pregnancy, delivery, postpartum, and neonatal feeding |
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| title_sort | survey on iranian midwives knowledge about covid 19 during pregnancy delivery postpartum and neonatal feeding |
| topic | Breastfeeding COVID-19 knowledge midwifery pregnancy postpartum |
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