A quasi-experimental study to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding minor disorders of pregnancy among antenatal mothers attending OPD in Apollo hospitals Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh

Jyoti Rathore 1, *, Swati Daniel 2 and Ranjitham Anderson S 3

1 Senior Staff Nurse, Apollo Hospitals Bilaspur Chhattisgarh, India.
2 Nursing Superitendant, Apollo Hospitals Bilaspur Chhattisgarh, India.
3 Deputy Chief Nursing Officer Apollo Cancer Centre Teynampet, Chennai. India.
 
Research Article
International Journal of Science and Research Archive, 2024, 12(01), 2823–2828.
Article DOI: 10.30574/ijsra.2024.12.1.1102
Publication history: 
Received on 07 May 2024; revised on 18 June 2024; accepted on 21 June 2024
 
Abstract: 
Background: Most research studies states that there is lower level of knowledge among the antenatal mothers regarding minor disorder which occurs in pregnancy. Hence selected “A quasi experimental study to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding minor disorders of pregnancy among antenatal mothers attending OPD in Apollo Hospitals Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The key aspect of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the teaching program among the antenatal mothers and to evaluate the effectiveness the outcomes. 
Materials and methods: A quantitative research approach adopted for the study to assess the knowledge of antenatal mothers regarding minor disorders of pregnancy. One group pretest-posttest design is used and samples who met the inclusion criteria using purposive Sampling. A questionnaire was developed to assess knowledge level of antenatal mother on minor disorder of pregnancy. Pretest was conducted for one hour which is followed by the structured teaching program after that post test for one hour. Sample size is 50.
Results: The study findings revealed that the mean pre test knowledge score was (35.75%.) after administering teaching programme. post test knowledge score was 74.00% which is higher than pre test score.
Conclusion: This study emphasizes the effectiveness of the structured teaching programme among antenatal mothers attending OPD in Apollo Hospitals Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. Knowledge of the “antenatal mothers who had undergone structured teaching programme proved to be having increase in their knowledge on minor disorders of pregnancy.
 
Keywords: 
Minor disorders; Antenatal mothers; Pregnant; Pregnancy; Structure teaching programmed
 
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