Chinese Journal of Experimental Traditional Medical Formulae

Introduction: Birth preparedness and complication readiness (BP/CR) is a strategy to promote the timely use of skilled maternal and neonatal care and is based on the theory that preparing for childbirth and being ready for complications reduce delay in obtaining care. Birth. It includes, Preparation for normal delivery, readiness to deal with complications, post-nataland new born care. Preparing mother for the birth is an important part of antenatal counseling and one of the responsibilities of health care providers. Aim: To assess the awareness regarding birth preparedness and complication readiness (BPCR)among the antenatal mothers. Material and Methods: Aquantitative research approach with Non-Experimental descriptive research design was used for this study. The sample consisted of 100 antenatal mothers who were attending antenatal OPDat PGIMS Rohtak. The samples were chosen by using convenient sampling technique. The data were collected by using structured demographic variables questionnaire and structured Birth preparedness and complication readiness questionnaire. The reliability of BPCR Questionnaire was checked by split half method and it was found r=0.96. The collected data were tabulated and analyzed by using. descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The mean age of antenatal women participated in the study was 27±3.4 years. Almost Two third of antenatal mothers 66(66%) had good awareness regarding birth preparedness and complication readiness and one third of antenatal mothers 34(34%) had poor awareness regarding birth preparedness and complication readiness. The mean value of the awarenesss core of birth preparedness and complication readiness was 7.26 with standard deviationof ±2.2. Education of mothers ((χ2=11.9, p=0.007) was found to have significant association with BPCR. It shows that higher educated antenatal mothers were more aware about birth preparedness and complication readiness, whereas other variables were not significantly associated. Conclusion: Majority of antenatal mothers had good awareness about BPCR but still one third of mothers were having poor awareness regarding, emergency readiness and awareness of danger signs. Maternal education and early booking have an independent association with birth preparedness. Health Care Professionals must take necessary initiatives to enhance awareness and reduce maternal and neonatal deaths.