EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING REGARDING PREVENTION OF DIAPER DERMATITIS AMONG THE MOTHERS OF INFANTS

Madhuri Shambharkar

Volume : VII, Issue : II, February - 2018

EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING REGARDING PREVENTION OF DIAPER DERMATITIS AMONG THE MOTHERS OF INFANTS

Madhuri Shambharkar

Abstract :

Background: Almost every mother and child has had some experience with diaper rash at some time. To many first–time mothers, a case of diaper rash may shake their confidence in their ability to be an adequate mother and to care for their infant. Though, diaper rash is the most prevalent of rashes in infancy with a majority of children expected to suffer at least one episode by the time they are toilet trained.

Objectives: 1)To assess the knowledge regarding prevention of diaper dermatitis among mothers of infant.2)To assess the effectiveness of planned teaching on knowledge regarding prevention of diaper dermatitis among mothers of infant. 3)To associate knowledge score with selected demographic variable. Methods and Materials: This study was based on one group pre test post test design with 100 samples (100 mothers), selected from rural community by using non probability convenience sampling technique. Results: In this study non probability convenience sample of 100 subjects was drawn from the study population, who were taken from selected rural area of wardha district. In the assessment of knowledge of mothers after giving intervention findings shows that 75(75%) had “Excellent Knowledge”, 25(25%) had “Good Knowledge” and nobody had average and poor knowledge. There was not significant association of knowledge score of mothers with selected demographic variables such as age, education, type of family, number of children, occupation of mother, income of family, source of information and religion of mother.