1Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynaecological Nursing Department, Sri Golulam College of Nursing, Salem -10, TamilNadu, India
2Professor cum Principal, Adhiparasakthi College of Nursing, Melmaruvathur
Online published on 25 March, 2015.
To achieve Millennium Development Goals, it is expected to reduce the Neonatal mortality by two third of the present rate. Every newborn requires basic care which has to be provided by the mother at home it includes warmth, feeding, basic hygiene and identification of danger signs, and seeking help from health personnel whenever required.
The study is to assess the effectiveness of Video Teaching Programme on Physical Care of newborn among Primigravida Mothers for improving their knowledge and practice.
True experimental pre and post test control group design
The study was conducted at 6 Main Urban Health Maternity Centers, Coimbatore.
30 Primigravida mothers (15 Experimental and 15 Control group)
Interview Schedule and Observational Checklist was used to assess the physical care of newborn knowledge and practice. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used.
The findings of the study revealed that among 30, 15 mothers of experimental group had pre test the mean score was 2.533±1.669, the mean % 18.1. Whereas in post test it was 18.8±0.4 and mean % 99. However, the post-test mean practice score all the mothers had (100%) completely adoptive practice. It shows that after video teaching programme the experimental group mothers gained excellent knowledge and completely adoptive practice on physical care aspects whereas control group mothers had mean score was same in pre and post test scores and mean percentage were 15.8. It shows that mothers had very poor knowledge on physical care aspects. In post test practice mean % was 54.3. It seems that video teaching programme was highly effective on physical care aspects. There was highly significant difference was found between pre and post test knowledge scores in experimental group. There was highly significant difference between post test knowledge and practice scores of experimental and control group mothers. No significant association was found between post test knowledge and practice scores with demographic variables. Positive correlation was found between post test knowledge and practice scores.
It concluded that the education on physical care through demonstration will improve the mother's knowledge and practice and can reduce the neonatal morbidity and mortality rate.
Video teaching programme, physical care, Primigravida mothers, Experimental and Control group
