Effectiveness of Prenatal Education Regarding Birth Preparedness and its Outcome among Primi Antenatal Mothers Attending Obstetrics and Gynecology Outpatient Department, Pravara Rural Hospital, Loni (BK)

Abstract

Background: Birth preparedness is a strategy to promote timely use of skilled maternal and neonatal care during childbirth. The key element includes knowledge of danger signs, plan for a birth, plan where to give birth, plan for transport and plan for saving money. Every pregnancy faces risk and prenatal screening cannot detect which pregnancy will develop complications. It is essential for women to have access to skilled attendant during pregnancy, delivery and after delivery. Material and method: A quasi-experimental research study undertaken in antenatal OPD in Pravara Rural Hospital, Loni, BK. A total of 60 primi antenatal mothers were selected for the study. Non-probability purposive sampling was used to assess the effectiveness of prenatal education regarding awareness on birth preparedness and its outcome among primi antenatal mothers. The sample comprised 60 primigravida mothers. The self-prepared and content validated structured questionnaire (for assessment of knowledge) and checklist (for assessment of maternal and fetal characteristics) was used for the data collection. During the health teaching, the educative materials like PPT, video, demonstration were used. The data collected were carried out in three phases; the pre-test was carried out before implementation of teaching, followed by implementation was given. After 15 days, the posttest was carried out, when the mothers visited for the next antenatal visit. Results: In relation to overall in pretest, the awareness score on prenatal education regarding awareness on birth preparedness was (21.41±9.25), which is 42.82%, and 41.45± which is 2.38%, which is 82.9% of posttest, respectively The paired t-test shows significant difference between pre- and posttest awareness where the overall (t =2.65) at p < 0.05. Co-relation between posttest awareness score and maternal and fetal outcomes. Karl Pearson coefficient of correlation was used to find out the correlation between posttest awareness score and maternal and fetal outcomes, and r = 0.75 shows that prenatal education on birth preparedness was positively correlated with maternal and fetal outcomes. Conclusion: The study outcome revealed that the prenatal education was found to be effective in improving the awareness on birth preparedness among primi antenatal mothers. It emphasized that having the prenatal education with educative materials improved the awareness on birth preparedness among primi antenatal mothers.