Volume : VII, Issue : VIII, August - 2017

ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE ON PROPHYLACTIC INFORMATION OF POSTNATAL BLUES AMONG PRIMIPARA WORKING MOTHERS

Sapam Debika Devi, Mrs. Dhanalakshmi

Abstract :

 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY:A study to assess the knowledge and attitude On prophylactic information of postnatal blue among primipara working mothers in selected maternity hospital, Bangalore by Ms. Sapam Debika as a partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Obstetrical and Gynecological Nursing, RGUHS, Karnataka.

OBJECTIVES:

1.      To assess the level of knowledge of Primipara working mothers regarding prophylactic information on postnatal blues.

2.      To assess the level of attitude of Primipara working mothers regarding prophylactic information on postnatal blues.

3.      To correlate the knowledge and attitude of Primipara working mothers regarding prophylactic information on postnatal blues.

4.      To associate the knowledge and attitude of Primipara working mothers regarding prophylactic information on postnatal blues with their selected demographic variables.

 

METHODS: A Non–experimental descriptive design was used to assess the knowledge and attitude of the primipara working mothers on prophylactic information of postnatal blue in Bangalore. In view of the nature of the problem and to accomplish the objectives of the study a modified structured questionnaire was prepared focusing on knowledge regarding prophylactic information on postnatal blue and 3 point Likert scale was used to assess the attitude of the primipara working mothers regarding postnatal information on postnatal blues the validity was ensured in consultation with guidance and experts in the fields of medicine and nursing. Reliability of the tool was tested by test retest method pilot study was conducted to find out the feasibility of the tool and to check for its reliability. The main study was carried out in KCG Hospital, Bangalore which is 10 km away from Padmashree College of Nursing, Nagarbhavi.

A sample size of 60 primipara working mothers was selected by non probability convenient sampling technique. Structured questionnaire and 3 point Likert scale were introduced to the participants to collect the needed data. Collected data was analyzed by using descriptive and the inferential statistics.

 

RESULTS:

 

"*"      Findings regarding the assessment of the level of knowledge of primipara working mothers revealed that out of 60 subjects majority obtained 45 (75%) of the primipara working mothers have moderately adequate knowledge with overall mean score of 13.03 (SD = 2.82).

"*"      Findings regarding the assessment of the level of attitude of primipara working mothers revealed that out of 60 subjects majority obtained 50 (83.3%) of the primipara working mothers have moderately favorable attitude with overall mean score of 33.55 (SD = 3.10).

"*"      Correlation between overall level of knowledge and attitude of primipara working mothers regarding the prophylactic information on postnatal blue reveals to be positive, that is r = 0.326 which is statistically highly significant at p<0.05.

"*"      There is a significant association of the overall level of knowledge with selected demographic variables of primipara working mothers on family income at p<0.05.

"*"      There is no significant association of the overall level of attitude with selected demographic variables of primipara working mothers at p<0.05.

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Sapam Debika Devi, Mrs.Dhanalakshmi, ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE ON PROPHYLACTIC INFORMATION OF POSTNATAL BLUES AMONG PRIMIPARA WORKING MOTHERS, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾8 | August‾2017


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