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@article{195221,
        author = {Mrs. Rinu Abraham and Ms. Sera Seby and Ms. Sona Dennis and Ms. Sona Shibu and Ms. Sona Varghese},
        title = {Assessment of pregnancy related self-care challenges among working expectant women attending antenatal OPD in a selected tertiary care centre in Ernakulam District, Kerala.},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {10},
        pages = {7079-7084},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=195221},
        abstract = {A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the pregnancy related self-care challenges among working expectant women attending antenatal OPD in a selected tertiary care centre in Ernakulam District. Ninety-five working expectant women attending antenatal OPD in the setting were selected by non-Probability convenient sampling technique. Data were collected from the subjects using structured Likert scale and were analyzed using ‘EZR’ software. Result revealed that the majority (58.95%) of the subjects had moderate pregnancy related self-care challenges with highest mean self-care challenge score (22.97) reported in the physical domain. Also, there was a statistically significant association between pregnancy related self-care challenges of working expectant women and their living arrangement (p=0.019), plan for pregnancy (p=0.004) and source of information about maternity care (p=0.044) and no statistically significant association with other selected socio-demographic and obstetric variables studied. The study recommends that nursing programs should be carefully created, with proper guidelines for its implementation, to address the challenges of working expectant women.},
        keywords = {Pregnancy related self-care challenges, working expectant women.},
        month = {March},
        }