A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Informational Booklet on Postnatal Care among Primi Postnatal Mothers in Krishna Hospital, Karad, India

Abstract

ï‚® Objectives.
1) To assess the knowledge on postnatal care among primi postnatal mothers, before and after intervention
2) To assess the effectiveness of informational booklet on postnatal care.
3) To find an association between knowledge and social demographic variable.
ï‚® Methods
The evaluative approach was used by using pretest posttest experimental design. The study conducted on 50 primi postnatal mothers admitted in postnatal ward of Krishna Hospital, Karad.
ï‚® Result
Pretest mean 9.96 SD 2.75Posttest mean 17.64 SD 2.49 ‘p' value< 0.0001 and ‘t' value14.605shows that there is significant rise in knowledge after the intervention.CalculatedÏ°2values showed there is no any significant association between pre-test knowledge of primi post-natal mothers and socio-demographic variables.
ï‚® Conclusion
The study concluded that informational booklet on postnatal care was an effective for increasing the knowledge of subjects under study.