Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on, Knowledge of Selected High Risk Conditions among Pregnant Women in Selected Maternity Center, Salem “Pregnancy Is Special Let Us Make it safe”

 

Usha Rani. R

Professor, Hillside College of Nursing, Bangalore, Karnataka

 

ABSTRACT:

Objectives: To assess the knowledge of selected high risk conditions among pregnant women. Methods: The study was conducted in shevapet maternity centre, salem. A quantitative evaluative approach and quasi experimental design (one group pre test and post test) was adopted. 50 pregnant women selected by convenient sampling method. Structured interview schedule was used to assess the knowledge. After the pre test structured teaching programme was administered and post test was carried out on 7^th day. Results: The study revealed that in pre test 12% of pregnant women had inadequate knowledge and 88% had moderately adequate knowledge. Whereas in post test 22% had moderately adequate knowledge and 78% had adequate knowledge. Conclusion: The overall findings of the study inferred that the structured teaching programme on selected high risk conditions among pregnant women was effective.

 

 

 

INTRODUCTION:

One of the special event in women’s life is becoming pregnant, in brings a bundle of joys and pleasure to pregnant women and her family. The care given to pregnant women during pregnancy is to maintain the normal physiology of pregnancy to prevent or detect any problems /complications at the earliest and to treat unwanted complication that may arise. A pregnancy becomes high risk when the mother or her baby is in danger. To find the high risk pregnancy earlier, to continue the pregnancy as long as possible is better.

 

 

 

Every family looks forward to a healthy pregnancy and to the birth of a healthy new born and for the vast majority of pregnant women, pregnancy follows a fairly routine course. But for some, there may be unexpected difficulties and challenges along the way with a high risk pregnancy. High risk pregnancy as one which is complicated by factor or factors that adversely affects the pregnancy outcome, maternal or perinatal or both.

 

OBJECTIVES:

1.     To assess the knowledge of selected high risk conditions among pregnant women.

2.     To determine the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on selected high risk conditions among pregnant women.

3.     To associate the knowledge scores of the pregnant women with their selected demographic variables.

 

 

 

HYPOTHESIS:

H1: There will be a significant difference between pre and post test knowledge scores regarding selected high risk conditions among pregnant women.

H2: There will be a significant difference between the levels of knowledge of the    pregnant women with their selected demographic variables.

 

MATERIALS AND METHODS:

An evaluative approach with   quasi experimental one group pre test and post test design was used. Convenient sampling technique was used to select the sample of 50 pregnant women. Structured interview schedule was used to assess the knowledge of pregnant women. The structured teaching programme was given on the same day for a period of one hour with the help of flash cards. The post test was conducted on 7^th day of teaching programme.

 

THE FINDING S OF THE STUDY:

 

 

Bar diagram shows percentage of pre and post test level of knowledge on selected high risk conditions among pregnant women

 

In pre test 12% of pregnant women had inadequate knowledge and 88% had moderately adequate knowledge. Whereas in post test 22% had moderately adequate knowledge and 78% had adequate knowledge. Paired ‘t’ test showed that the mean percentage for overall knowledge was 39.47% with the t value of 17.475 which was significant at 0.01 level. X² analysis revealed that there was no significant association between the post test knowledge of     pregnant women with their selected demographic variable such as age, occupation, family monthly income, family history, weeks of pregnancy and source of information. There was significant association between the post test knowledge of pregnant women regarding selected high risk conditions such as education and number of pregnancy at 0.05 level.

 

 

CONCLUSION:

It is thus concluded that structured teaching programme is an effective strategy in bringing about the desired change in the knowledge regarding selected high risk conditions among pregnant women.

 

RECOMMENDATION:

·       Similar study can be conducted to assess the effectiveness through self instruction module among educated pregnant women.

·       An experimental study can be conducted to determine the effectiveness of video teaching programme on selected high risk condition.

·       A comparative study can be done to determine the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding selected high risk conditions among urban and rural pregnant women.

·       A similar study can be done using large samples.

·       A similar study can be conducted with other high risk conditions such as anaemia, pre eclampsia.

 

REFERENCES:

1.      Adele pillitteri, “Maternal and child health care of the child bearing and rearing family”, 5^th edition, Lippincott company, 1999, Philadelphia, pp.429.

2.      D.C Dutta, “Textbook of Obstetrics”, 4^th edition, central new book agencies, 2003, Calcutta, pp.239,301

3.      Raman, A.V, “High Risk Pregnancy”, Indian journal of nursing and midwifery, 6(1); 2003, September, pp 5-13.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Received on 08.02.2019         Modified on 16.03.2019

Accepted on 17.04.2019       ©A&V Publications All right reserved