Abstract
Background: Cytomegalovirus is a common virus that can cause disease in infant's whose mothers are infected with Cytomegalovirus during pregnancy. Objective: To determine knowledge of pregnant women regarding Cytomegalic inclusion disease. Subjects and methods: A cross sectional study was carried out in Baghdad City / Iraq, during the period started from the November 2017 to November 2018. Four primary health care centers randomly selected, and data were obtained by direct interview with the pregnant women by using detailed self- reporting questionnaire. Results: The demographic data was conducted on 360 pregnant women with the age group ranging from 16 to 46 years and the highest percentages (45.8%) were from the 20-29 years. Regarding knowledge of pregnant women about Cytomegalovirus infection revealed that approximately (65%) of them answered correctly for Cytomegalovirus hand hygiene is the best preventive measure, while (49%) know correctly that the Cytomegalic inclusion disease is viral infection. About lowest frequency in (11% and 8%) of pregnant women answered correctly for Cytomegalovirus infections are sub clinical and Cytomegalovirus establishes lifelong latent infection, respectively. More than (80%) of the pregnant women with college and higher educational level know correctly that the Cytomegalovirus infections are sub clinical, most common intrauterine viral infection and Cytomegalovirus is severe disease. Conclusions: The pregnant women had poor knowledge toward Cytomegalic inclusion disease.
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Chiad, Ishraq Ahmed and Hama, Adel Amen
(2019)
"Knowledge of Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease among a Sample of Pregnant Women in Baghdad City/Iraq,"
Al-Nisour Journal for Medical Sciences: Vol. 1:
Iss.
2, Article 4.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70492/2664-0554.1027