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标题：Utilization of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in health facilities of Cross River State, Nigeria
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作者：Ekpereonne Esu ; Emmanuel Effa ; Ekong Udoh 等
期刊名称：Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1179-7282
电子版ISSN：1179-7282
出版年度：2013
卷号：4
页码：29-35
DOI：10.2147/RRTM.S47677
出版社：Dove Medical Press Ltd
摘要：Objective: This study assessed the utilization of intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine for the prevention of malaria in pregnancy against the national treatment policy among women attending health care facilities in Cross River State, Nigeria. Methods: A clinical audit was carried out between January 2012 and March 2012 using case records of pregnant women who received antenatal care in health facilities in the state. Facilities were selected by simple random sampling. Information on the frequency of antenatal clinic (ANC) visits by the women, as well as parity, age, and adherence to intermittent preventive treatment (IPTp) doses was obtained using an audit checklist. Results: A total of 322 pregnant women were assessed across 36 health care facilities. In addition, 246 (76%) of them attended the ANC in public health facilities. Age, parity, and gestational age at booking were recorded in more than 95% of the cases evaluated. The audit showed that 13.7% of the women did not utilize IPTp, 53.1% had one dose of IPTp (IPTp1), 24.2% had two doses of IPTp (IPTp2), while 3.1% had three doses of IPTp (IPTp3). The overall utilization of two doses or more of IPTp (IPTp2+) was 30.7%. Conclusion: There was good documentation of the basic obstetric information of pregnant women in the health care facilities examined in this study, but the overall utilization of IPTp was very low. Efforts at ensuring early ANC booking and regular visits may be a potential means of increasing IPTp utilization in health care facilities in the state.
关键词：intermittent preventive treatment; malaria; pregnancy; clinical audit; resource-limited setting