Deep venous thrombosis is an acute condition resulting in maternalmorbidity and death.

To evaluate the effect of education program about deepvenous thrombosis among pregnant women in antenatal clinic.

A quasi-experimental pretest-posttest control group design.

The study wasconducted at the antenatal outpatient clinic at Woman’s Health Hospital, AssiutGovernorate.

A purposive sample of 200 pregnant women (100 pregnantwomen for each study and control groups). Tool I: A Structured interviewquestionnaire: divided to 3 parts. Part (1): Personal data, part (2): Medical andobstetric history, part (3): Pregnant women knowledge about deep venousthrombosis (DVT). Tool II: Reported checklist for pregnant women regardingDVT preventive measures practices. Tool III: Post-natal maternal outcomes'follow up.

The majority of pregnant women were more than 35 years.There were highly statistical significant differences between knowledge andpractice scores regarding DVT preventive measures pre and post program.

It could be inferred that the level of pregnant women's knowledge andpractices toward DVT preventive measures in the study group was significantlyimproved by the effect of the educational program when compared with the controlgroup.

Integration of education programs regarding DVTpreventive measures among pregnant women in the antenatal routine care