ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE ON PREGNANCY INDUCED HYPERTENSION AMONG THE ANTENATAL MOTHERS ATTENDING ANTENATAL OPD WITH A VIEW TO DEVELOPAN INFORMATION BOOKLET IN SELECTED HOSPITAL, GUWAHATI, ASSAM.

Abstract

Hypertension is one of the common disorders of pregnancy; it can impact the body in different ways and contributes signicantly to the maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. The main aim of the study is to assess the knowledge on pregnancy induced hypertension with a view to develop an information booklet among the antenatal mothers attending antenatal OPD.A Non-Experimental, Descriptive design was adopted for the study. In the study, 150 antenatal mothers were selected by using purposive sampling technique. The tools used for the study were demographic variables, self-structured knowledge questionnaire and information booklet. The analysis was done by using descriptive and inferential statistics in terms of frequency, percentage distribution and chi-square. The study reveal that 112(75%) have poor knowledge and 38(25%) of the antenatal mothers has good knowledge on pregnancy induced hypertension. There was a signicant association between the level of knowledge score on pregnancy induced hypertension with the selected demographic variables. By providing the information booklet, it will help the society to prevent any problem with pregnancy induced hypertension.