A PRE- EXPERIMENTAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INFORMATIONAL BOOKLET ON KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE REGARDING POSTNATAL CARE AMONG SPOUSE OF POSTNATAL MOTHERS IN A SELECTED HOSPITAL OF DELHI

Author Name: 1. Priyanka Nirman 2. Mrs. Urmila Bhardwaj 3. Mrs. Mikki

Volume/Issue: 03/01

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/07.2022-35385771/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Sc. Nursing (OBG), Sharda University School of Nursing and Research Sciences (SNSR), Greater Noida, Haryana, India
2. Professor, Sharda University School of Nursing and Research Sciences (SNSR), Greater Noida, Haryana, India
3. Assistant Professor, Rufaida College of Nursing,  Jamia Hamdard University , New Delhi, India

ABSTRACT

Globally, women in labour and delivery undergo enduring experiences of painful discomfort, fear, anxiety and tensions. In a bid to ame liorate these experiences, several studies have been conducted to establish the relationship between companionship by either medical personnel or spouses. These studies have shown that practices of professional support caregivers to support women in postnatal duration produce an ameliorative effect on psychology of mother during postnatal duration 4. For purposes of this review, support is interpreted as a continuous non-medical care of a postnatal mother. It includes physical comforting such as touching, massaging, bathing and emotional support such as companion, reassurance, encouragement, etc. These supports are either done by the medical personnel, family members, spouse or a hired hand5 .This study aimed to assess effectiveness of informational booklet on knowledge and attitude regarding postnatal care among spouse of postnatal mothers in a selected hospital of Delhi. This study aimed to assess effectiveness of informational booklet on knowledge and attitude regarding postnatal care among spouse of postnatal mothers in a selected hospital of Delhi A pre-experimental study was carried out in selected hospital of Delhi in Oct-Nov 2016. A total of 60 spouse of postnatal women were randomly selected and Structured Knowledge and attitude questionnaire is given to assess the knowledge and attitude of spouse of postnatal mother regarding postnatal care.and the data was analyzed using a computer program of SPSS version 25. It is observed that the mean knowledge score of the study subjects in the post-test was 20.35,which is higher than the mean pre-test knowledge score 15.95 , mean difference between pre-test and post-test was4.40.hence it can be deduced that the informational booklet was effective in enhancing the knowledge of the study subject.

Key words: Postnatal mothers ,spouse , Complication , Knowledge, attitude , New Delhi