A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Computer Assisted Teaching on Knowledge Regarding Antenatal Care among Primigravida Mothers at Selected Hospitals of Amritsar (Punjab)

Ramesh Kumari, Bimla Rani, Rajesh P, Upasana Garg

Abstract


Nurses are in a unique position to educate and empower women, through the phases of child birth, for them to achieve a healthy pregnancy with the optimum outcome of a healthy baby. Despite various measures taken to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity, it remains very high in India. Knowledge and awareness about care risks associated with pregnancy among women can help them to seek maternal care services and reduce maternal mortality and morbidity. The objective of the study was among primigravida mothers assess the effectiveness of computer assisted teaching regarding antenatal care among primigravida mothers. The research design adopted for this study is quasi experimental one group pre test post test design. The setting is selected hospital in Amritsar, Punjab. The sample size is 60 primigravida mothers. Sampling technique used was simple random sampling. A structured knowledge questionnaire was used to assess knowledge and assess the effectiveness of computer assisted teaching. The reliability of the tool was established by using test, retest method. Differential and inferential statistics was used to analyze the data. The result indicate that the pretest mean knowledge score on knowledge regarding antenatal care found to be 7.7 and SD=3.16. The post test mean knowledge score on knowledge regarding antenatal care to be found 17.67 and SD=3.88. This indicates that the computer assisted teaching was proved to be effective to increase the knowledge of the primigravida mothers regarding antenatal care.

Keywords:- Antenatal care, computer assisted teaching, knowledge, primigravida mothers.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijncc.v1i1.38

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