International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research

E-ISSN: 2582-2160   •   Impact Factor: 9.24

A Widely Indexed Open Access Peer Reviewed Multidisciplinary Bi-monthly Scholarly International Journal

Call for Paper Volume 8, Issue 2 (March-April 2026) Submit your research before last 3 days of April to publish your research paper in the issue of March-April.
Submit Research Paper Join as a Reviewer

Plagiarism is checked by the leading plagiarism checker TurnItIn

Call for Paper

Volume 8 Issue 2
March-April 2026

Submit your research paper

Indexing Partners
Academia Advanced Sciences Index Bielefeld Academic Search Engine CiteSeer DRJI Google Scholar Independent Search Engine & Directory Network ISI (International Scientific Indexing) Issuu Mendeley Research Networks
RefSeek ResearcherId - Thomson Reuters ResearchGate Scirus Scribd Semantic Scholar UTeM - Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka Wiki for Call for Papers WorldCat Zenodo

Knowledge and Prevalence of Warning Signs in Pregnancy among Pregnant Women in selected Rural Health Centers of Cachar District, Assam

Author(s) Ms. Monowara Begam Laskar, Dr. Enu Boro
Country India
Abstract Warning signs in pregnancy are the symptoms that indicate a life-threatening condition for the mother and foetus. The warning signs in pregnancy include vaginal bleeding, amniotic fluid leakage, changes in fetal movement, severe headache, blurred vision, abdominal pain, fever and swelling of limbs. Timely recognition of pregnancy warning signs is crucial in preventing maternal complications. Objectives: To assess the knowledge of warning signs in pregnancy, to assess the prevalence of warning signs in pregnancy, to find out the association between knowledge of warning signs and the selected socio-demographic variables, to find out the association between prevalence of warning signs and selected socio-demographic variables and to find out the association between knowledge of pregnant women regarding warning signs and the prevalence of warning signs. Methodology: A quantitative research approach with descriptive cross-sectional research design was adopted for the study. 146 subjects were selected by multistage random sampling technique from the selected rural health centers under Sonai Block Primary Health Center, Cachar, Assam. The data was collected through structured interview schedule where self-structured questionnaire was used for knowledge assessment and checklist was used for assessing prevalence. Analysis: Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. Result: Majority of the pregnant women i.e. 54.11% had moderately adequate knowledge which was significantly associated with educational status, occupation, monthly family income and previous knowledge of the pregnant women. In case of prevalence of warning signs majority i.e. 34.93% were experiencing blurring of vision during pregnancy. There was significant association found between prevalence of blurring of vision in pregnancy and educational status, prevalence of decreased foetal movement and previous knowledge, prevalence of foul smelling vaginal discharge and dietary pattern, prevalence of swelling of face and occupation, prevalence of swelling of legs and source of information, prevalence of leakage of watery fluid from vagina with dietary pattern and source of information. There was significant association found between knowledge of pregnant women regarding warning signs with the prevalence of blurring of vision and swelling of legs in pregnancy. Conclusion: It is necessary to conduct health education using familiar terms by the health workers during antenatal checkup and follow up of the pregnant women.
Keywords Knowledge, prevalence, pregnant women, warning sign.
Field Medical / Pharmacy
Published In Volume 8, Issue 1, January-February 2026
Published On 2026-02-24
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i01.69663
View / Download PDF File

Share this



E-ISSN 2582-2160
CrossRef

CrossRef DOI is assigned to each research paper published in our journal.

IJFMR DOI prefix is
10.36948/ijfmr

Downloads
Research Paper Format Copyright Permission Form and Undertaking Form Cover Page Vol 8 Isu 2Cover Page Vol 8 Isu 1Cover Page Vol 7 Isu 6

All research papers published on this website are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, and all rights belong to their respective authors/researchers.

CC-BY-SA Open Access

About IJFMR
Fees & Payment
Current Issue
Publication Archive 		Submit Research Paper
Track Submission Status
Publication Guidelines
Publication Ethics
Peer Review & Plagiarism 		Join as a Reviewer
Editors & Reviewers
Reviewer Referral Program
Get Reviewer Membership Certi. 		Website/Journal Policies
Usage Policy
Content Policies
Privacy Policy
Contact Us +91-9687-828-838 editor@ijfmr.com
Powered by Sky Research Publication and Journals