Effectiveness of Hospital Based Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Home Management for Breast Engorgement among Postnatal Mothers
| Main Authors: | Bince Varghese, Arti Patwa |
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| Format: | Article |
| Terbitan: |
, 2020
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/3953359 |
Daftar Isi:
- Background: Severe breast engorgement can cause considerable discomfort for mothers and interfere with an infant's ability to feed at the breast lead to early breastfeeding cessation, and is associated with more serious illness, including breast infection. Aim: This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of hospital based teaching programme on enhancing the knowledge regarding home management for breast engorgement among postnatal mothers in selected hospitals from Uttar Pradesh and to find out various factors associated with it. Materials & methods: A quantitative research approach with Pre-experimental one group pretest and posttest design and Non-probability purposive sampling technique was used to select 60 postnatal mothers in selected hospitals from Uttar Pradesh. A Self-structured knowledge questionnaire was used for assessing the knowledge among the subjects. SPSS version 25 was used for data analysis. Results: The knowledge mean score in pre-test 8.2±1.7 was lesser than the post-test mean score 17.7±5.6, the obtained t- value 15.3, p = 0.001. There was an association between postnatal mother’s levels of knowledge regarding home management for breast engorgement with their educational status (x2 = 10.5, p=0.02) and type of hospital visit (x2 = 9.1, p=0.02). Conclusion: Hospital based teaching programme was effective to enhance the knowledge regarding home management for breast engorgement among postnatal mothers.