Effectiveness of planned teaching program regarding genital tract infection during pregnancy on knowledge among ANC mothers

A quasi experimental study to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding genital tract infection during pregnancy on knowledge among ANC mothers admitted in maternity unit of selected hospitals was conducted at Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed (to be) University College of Nursing, Sangli.

Research design was used quasi experimental research design. The sample constitute of 60 ANC mothers from maternity unit of selected hospitals. Selected samples were given structured knowledge questionnaires to evaluate the effectiveness of PTP on knowledge regarding genital tract infection during pregnancy among ANC mothers. The tool is divided into two sections:

Section 1: Demographic variables

Section 2: Structured knowledge questionnaires

The content validity was determined by 23 experts from the department of nursing. The test re-test reliability method was used & tool was found reliable.

There was significant association between pre-test knowledge score of chi-square value of the age in years is 11.432 and for number of parity 7.937 respectively. Reminders i.e area of residence, qualification, gestational age in weeks does not showed significant association with pre-test knowledge score.

The present study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding genital tract infection during pregnancy on knowledge among ANC mothers admitted in maternity unit of selected hospitals. Quasi experimental research design was adopted for this study. The sample comprised of 60 ANC mothers from maternity unit of selected hospitals. Samples were selected using simple random sampling technique. Selected samples were given structured knowledge questionnaires to evaluate the effectiveness of PTP on knowledge regarding genital tract infection during pregnancy among ANC mothers. Data collection was done using structured knowledge questionnaires.

Even though the study showed that there was significant difference in the knowledge score after planned teaching programme. There was significant association between pre-test knowledge score of chi-square value of the age in years is 11.432 and for number of parity 7.937 respectively. Reminders i.e area of residence, qualification, gestational age in weeks does not showed significant association with pre-test knowledge score. So the researcher concluded that planned teaching program was found to be effective.