A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STURUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PREGNANCY INDUCED HYPERTENSION AMONG PRIMI MOTHERS IN SELECTED HOSPITALS AT AJMER

Author Name: Mrs. Anita Kumari Yadav

Volume/Issue: 02/01

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/07.2021-19298521/UIJIR

Affiliation:

Ph.D. Scholar, M.V.G.U., Jaipur (Raj.) & Principal, R.R. College of Nursing, Ajmer (Raj.), India.

ABSTRACT

Health maintenance is an important aspect of perinatal care. Participation of the mother in the care ensure the prompt reporting of the possible problem. Pre natal care is one of the model of primi and secondary prevention of the disease. A quantitative approach was used for the current study. A group of pre test- post test design with pre experimental approach was adopted to assess the knowledge on prevention and management of pregnancy induced hypertension among primi mothers. The study was conducted at Janana Hospital, Ajmer. The present study was conducted among 200 primi mothers attending antenatal clinic at Janana Hospital, Ajmer. The mean of post test knowledge score is significantly higher than the mean of Pre test knowledge score and there was a significant association between post test knowledge score with their selected demographic variable.

Key words: Pregnancy-induced hypertension, world health organization, structured teaching programme.