A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Level of Knowledge Regarding Prevention of Puerperal Infection among Postnatal Mothers in Selected Hospital Haridwar, Uttarakhand

Background of the study It is essential to educate the mothers properly to make them aware of the care before, during pregnancy and after delivery to prevent complications and reduce the maternal morbidity and mortality rate. Objective This study aim to evaluate the awareness of prevention of puerperal infection among postnatal mothers. Methods A pre experimental study was conducted at Chainray Mhaila hospital Haridwar Uttarakhand, Purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample, one group pre test post test design was used for the study to accomplish the objectives. The sample consisted of 62 postnatal mothers. They were chosen by Purposive sampling technique. A structured knowledge questionnaire was used followed by structured teaching programme. Results The study show that in pre test majority in participants 51 82 had average knowledge in post test majority of participant 43 69 had good level of knowledge .on comparing mean post test knowledge score 19.3± 3.86 was more than mean pre test knowledge score 11.6 ± 3.0 which calculated by paired z test 19.83 at p 0.05 level of significance. Conclusion This study shows that structured teaching programme was effective to enhance the knowledge of postnatal mother regarding prevention of puerperal infection. Rashmi Topwal "A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Level of Knowledge Regarding Prevention of Puerperal Infection among Postnatal Mothers in Selected Hospital Haridwar, Uttarakhand" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-6 , October 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd46436.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/nursing/46436/a-study-to-assess-the-effectiveness-of-structured-teaching-programme-on-level-of-knowledge-regarding-prevention-of-puerperal-infection-among-postnatal-mothers-in-selected-hospital-haridwar-uttarakhand/rashmi-topwal