Perceived benefit of utilization of delivery service at Primary Health Centres among rural pregnant women in Lagos State, Nigeria

Abstract

Background: Proper utilization of delivery services in primary health centres In 2017, only 11.07% of the women that registered for Antenatal Care (ANC) delivered at the Primary Health Centres (PHCs) in Lagos state.
Objective: To assess the perceived benefit of utilization of delivery services among rural pregnant women in Lagos state, Nigeria.
Methods: This is a cross sectional descriptive study which utilised a multistage sampling technique to select 430 pregnant women from the rural areas in Lagos state. Aself-structured questionnaire with four sections and cronbach's alpha reliability coefficients of r = 0.8 was used for data collection. Data were analysed and presented in descriptive and inferential statistic at a significant level of p ≥0.05.
Results: The mean age of the participants was 29.4±2.3, 89.0% were married, while 59.0% of the rural women had a poor knowledge of delivery services. However 56.0% had a good perceived benefit on delivery services, while 69.3% had poor perceived barrier on delivery services. There is a significant relationship between knowledge of the participant and perceived benefit on utilization of delivery services with p = 0.00. The socio-demographic variables of the participants have a relationship with perceived benefit on utilization of delivery services with p ≥ 0.05, while monthly income have no significant relationship with perceived benefit on utilization of delivery services with p = 0.20.
Conclusion: Perceived barriers on utilization of delivery services are the major cause of nonutilization of PHCs among pregnant women in the rural areas of Lagos state. Addressing these barriers will increase utilization of delivery services especially in the rural areas of Lagos state.