Effect of Learning Package on Knowledge regarding the Activities to be Performed during the Labour Process among Antenatal Women in Selected Hospital, Kolkata

Abstract

A quasi experimental study (non-equivalent control group design) was undertaken with the objective to assess the effectiveness of Learning package on knowledge regarding the activities to be performed during the labour process among antenatal women attending the antenatal outdoor and admitted in antenatal indoor, and to nd out the association between the pre-test knowledge score with selected demographic variables. The conceptual framework adopted was based on ‘System Model’. Non-probability purposive sampling technique was used to select 60 antenatal women. A structured interview schedule was developed and validated for data collection. Collected data were computed using descriptive and inferential statistics. There is signi cant mean difference between the pre-test and post-test mean score in experimental group and between the post-test knowledge score of experimental and control group at 0.05 level of signi cance as evident by ‘t’ value (15.83) at df 26 and t value (7.04) at df 49 respectively. Hence the learning package helped in gaining signi cant knowledge among antenatal women in experimental group. There was association between the Pre-test knowledge score and No. of Gravida (2 =11.41, at df 2at p<0.05) in experimental group. The study was believed to be helpful in nursing services, education, administration and research.