A study to assess the effectiveness of video assisted structured teaching program on knowledge regarding preprocedure anxiety level among primigravida mothers undergoing caesarian section at selected Hospitals of Rajkot, Gujarat

Evaluate the effectiveness of video assisted structured teaching program on knowledge regarding preprocedure anxiety level among primigravida mothers undergoing c- section in selected hospitals of Rajkot. The objectives of the study was (a) To assess the pre test level of knowledge regarding preprocedure anxiety level among primigravida mothers undergoing c-section (b) To assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching program on knowledge regarding preprocedure anxiety level among primigravida mothers undergoing c-section (c) To determine the association between pre-test knowledge score with selected demographic variable (d) To determine the association between post-test knowledge score with selected demographic variable. The research approach selected for the study was quantitative research; the research design selected for the study was one group pre-test post-test design. The study was conducted at selected hospitals of Rajkot. Total 60 samples were selected from hospital setting based on non-probability purposive sampling. The researcher used structured questionnaire for data collection regarding demographic variables, pre-test and post-test. As a part of my intervention video assisted planned teaching program on anxiety before c- section was carried out among primigravida mothers undergoing c- section in the hospitals of Rajkot. The post-test score was measured with the same questionnaire after 7 days. The data collected were analysed by using inferential statistical method. Paired t-test was used to evaluate the effectiveness of video assisted structured teaching program on the knowledge regarding preprocedure anxiety level among primigravida mothers before undergoing c- section. It revealed the mean score of pre-test was 11.96and post-test was 17.78. The mean difference was 5.82. The obtained t-value was 6.71. Hence, it was highly significant to p<0.05 level. Hence, their finding of the study revealed that the video assisted structured teaching program was effective in improving knowledge regarding preprocedure anxiety level among primigravida mothers undergoing c- section.