Background of the study It is essential to educate the mothers properly to make them aware of the care before, during pregnancy and after delivery to prevent complications and reduce the maternal morbidity and mortality rate. Objective This study aim to evaluate the awareness of prevention of puerperal infection among postnatal mothers. Methods A pre experimental study was conducted at Chainray Mhaila hospital Haridwar Uttarakhand, Purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample, one group pre test post test design was used for the study to accomplish the objectives. The sample consisted of 62 postnatal mothers. They were chosen by Purposive sampling technique. A structured knowledge questionnaire was used followed by structured teaching programme. Results The study show that in pre test majority in participants 51 82 had average knowledge in post test majority of participant 43 69 had good level of knowledge .on comparing mean post test knowledge score 19.3± 3.86 was more than mean pre test knowledge score 11.6 ± 3.0 which calculated by paired z test 19.83 at p 0.05 level of significance. Conclusion This study shows that structured teaching programme was effective to enhance the knowledge of postnatal mother regarding prevention of puerperal infection. Rashmi Topwal "A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Level of Knowledge Regarding Prevention of Puerperal Infection among Postnatal Mothers in Selected Hospital Haridwar, Uttarakhand" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-6 , October 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd46436.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/nursing/46436/a-study-to-assess-the-effectiveness-of-structured-teaching-programme-on-level-of-knowledge-regarding-prevention-of-puerperal-infection-among-postnatal-mothers-in-selected-hospital-haridwar-uttarakhand/rashmi-topwal
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A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching
Programme on Level of Knowledge Regarding Prevention of
Puerperal Infection among Postnatal Mothers in
Selected Hospital Haridwar, Uttarakhand
Rashmi Topwal
Nursing Tutor, CIMS College of Nursing, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
ABSTRACT
Background of the study: It is essential to educate the mothers
properly to make them aware of the care before, during pregnancy
and after delivery to prevent complications and reduce the maternal
morbidity and mortality rate. Objective: This study aim to evaluate
the awareness of prevention of puerperal infection among postnatal
mothers. Methods: A pre-experimental study was conducted at
Chainray Mhaila hospital Haridwar Uttarakhand, Purposive sampling
technique was used to select the sample, one group pre-test post-test
design was used for the study to accomplish the objectives. The
sample consisted of 62 postnatal mothers. They were chosen by
Purposive sampling technique. A structured knowledge questionnaire
was used followed by structured teaching programme. Results: The
study show that in pre test majority in participants 51(82%) had
average knowledge in post test majority of participant 43(69%) had
good level of knowledge .on comparing mean post test knowledge
score (19.3± 3.86) was more than mean pre test knowledge score
(11.6 ± 3.0) which calculated by paired z test (19.83) at p<0.05 level
of significance. Conclusion: This study shows that structured
teaching programme was effective to enhance the knowledge of
postnatal mother regarding prevention of puerperal infection.
KEYWORDS: Effectiveness, Structured Teaching Programme,
Knowledge, Postnatal Mothers
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