Effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding selected non pharmacological techniques in managing labour pain among primigravida women admitted in antenatal ward of selected hospitals at Udaipur”
International Journal of Development Research
Effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding selected non pharmacological techniques in managing labour pain among primigravida women admitted in antenatal ward of selected hospitals at Udaipur”
Received 12th December, 2017; Received in revised form 19th January, 2018; Accepted 20th February, 2018; Published online 30th March, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Dr. Rakhi Gaur et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Background: Labour pain is the pain and discomfort associated with the contraction of uterus during labour.1 In most labour room it is a common sight that the mothers shout, keep their bodies rigid and start pushing before the cervix is fully dilated, this leads to early rupture of membrane as well as prolonged and complicated labour which affect the condition of the infant at birth. During labour when the women are instructed they are not able to follow instructions because they experience pain. 2Hence, the main aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding selected non pharmacological techniques in managing labour pain among primigravida women and enhancing their knowledge to manage labour pain. Meterial And Methods: A quasi experimental pretest and post test control group design was used to assess the effectiveness of PTP on knowledge regarding selected non pharmacological techniques in managing labour pain. The sample consists of 500 primigravida women, 250 each in experimental group and control group and selected by convenience sampling technique. Structured knowledge questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge. Data were analyzed by the using of both descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings: The maximum number of primigravida women belonged to the age group of 18-22 years and were Hindu and vegetarian. Maximum number of subjects was educated up to secondary level. Majority of them had their family income 7501-10000 Rs/month and they were house wives. The level of knowledge scores of primigravida women who attended the PTP is significantly better than the control group as evident from‘t’(498) value of 59.855 at 0.05 level of significance. Conclusion: The study concluded that PTP was effective in enhancing the knowledge on selected non pharmacological techniques as computed ‘t’ test was significant at 0.05 level of significance and majority of selected personal variable were associated with pretest knowledge scores.
