A Quasi Experimental Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Self Instructional Module on Knowledge Regarding Antenatal Care among Primigravida Women attending Selected Hospitals of Punjab and Haryana

Antenatal care is that which comprises systematic medical supervision of a pregnant woman throughout pregnancy. Various teaching and reinforcement programmes have been very successful in developing knowledge which is required to enhance antenatal care among the primigravida women. Effective antenatal care can improve the health of the mother and give her a chance to deliver a healthy baby. With this aim the study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a self instructional module regarding antenatal care. Quantitative approach with a quasi experimental non-equivalent comparison group research design was used. By non-probability convenient sampling technique 60 primigravida women were selected out of which 35 in experimental & 25 was in comparison group. Data were collected by using self administered structured knowledge questionnaire on antenatal care. Findings of the study revealed that maximum primigravida women (41.7%) were in the age group of 25–26 years, 50% of them were Sikhs, 41.7% of them were higher secondary educated, 53.3% of them were working women, 51.7% of them were in nuclear family, 46.7% were had family monthly income of Rs.5001–15,000/-, 51.7% of them were married at the age of 21–22 years and their major source of information (45%) were health personnel. The effectiveness of self instructional module on antenatal care was analyzed by using paired t-test (t_{(34, 0.05)} = 13.423, 0.000) & unpaired t- test value (t_(58,0.05) = 13.894, 0.000) which was highly significant at 0.05 level. The chi square value showed that there was significant association between the knowledge of primigravida women with their educational status (χ2(2,0.05) = 100.8,0.000 ***). It also shows that there is no association of pretest level of knowledge with age, religion, type of family, family income, age at marriage, occupational status and source of information.