ABSTRACT

Background of the study: Knowledge regarding warning signs of pregnancy and it’s complications is profoundly important, for utilization of skilled care during delivery and in seeking emergency services. Lack of information regarding warning sign during pregnancy hinders mother ability to take part in safe motherhood initiatives. The first step to accept appropriate and timely referral to obstetric care is essential knowledge regarding sign of obstetric complications. Objectives: The aim of research study was to assess the level of knowledge regarding warning signs of pregnancy among primigravida mothers in selected rural area of Vadodara. Materials and Method: The data for main study collection was 110 primigravida mothers. Description of the tools refers to the explanation of the contain of the tool. The researcher used 30 knowledge questionnaires regarding warning signs of pregnancy and based on correct answers scoring is given. The tool used for present study is self-instructional module. Descriptive and inferential statistics were applied to analyze the data using SPSS-20 software. We use simple random sampling technique. The collected data was tabulated and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result: In the pre-test mean score was 1.8545 and post-test mean score 2.5000. The post-test level of knowledge mean score is significantly greater than the pre-test knowledge mean score. The ‘t’ value 12.271 is more than tabulated value at 0.05 level of significance. Conclusion: According to the calculation of both pre-test and post-test score it indicates that there was improvement in knowledge level among primigravida mothers. Hence it indicates that self-instructional module was effective. Keywords: warning signs, primigravida mothers, self-instructional module, effectiveness
Publication date: 15/06/2023

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2023/12.6.1076