The correlation of mother’s knowledge as a risk factor for preterm delivery, study in: Puskesmas Pamitran, Pekalangan, Astanagarib, and Pulasaren in Cirebon City

Abstract

Preterm birth is a birth that takes place less than 37 weeks. The incidence of preterm birth is still quite high, with the number of preterm birth Estimated and around 15 million every year in the world. This study aims to determine the relationship between mother’s knowledge as a risk factor of preterm birth in Puskesmas Pamitran, Pekalangan, Astanagarib, and Pulasaren Cirebon. This research is Descriptive and Analytic using Case Control design. The population of this study were mothers with a history of preterm birth at Puskesmas Pamitran, Pekalangan, Astanagarib, and Pulasaren Cirebon City in 2015-2016. The description of mother’s knowledge with birth history of preterm in good category is 17 (89,5%) and less category is 2 (10,5%) and mother’s knowledge with normal birth history mostly in good category that is 31 (81,6%) and less as much as 7 (18,4%), maternal birth history mostly normal. The result using Chi-square correlation obtained Pvalue of 0.703, it can be concluded that no relation between mother’s knowledge to the risk of preterm birth in Puskesmas Pamitran, Pekalangan, Astanagarib and Pulasaren in Cirebon. No correlation between mother’s knowledge as risk factor of preterm birth in Puskesmas Pamitran, Pekalangan, Astanagarib and Pulasaren in Cirebon City.