Abstract
ABSTRACT Pregnancy and childbirth are the important events of a women's life. The place of delivery plays an important role in child survival and safe motherhood. The child born in unhygienic condition is more to get infection. A properly assisted delivery with skilled personnel and following aseptic precaution is highly advantageous to both mother and fetus during delivery. The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge and practices regarding maintenance of asepsis in labor room among ANM students as measured by structured questionnaire and observation checklist, to evaluate effectiveness of a video-assisted demonstration on knowledge and practice regarding maintenance of asepsis in labor room among auxiliary nursing midwifery (ANM) students, to find out an association between pretest knowledge and practice scores with selected demographic variables. The study was conducted using randomized control trial. Demographic variables analyzed for the study were age, religion, monthly family income and residence. The study was conducted on sample of 60 selected final year ANM students of KLEU's Institute of Nursing Sciences, Belgaum, and BIMS ANM Training Centre, Belgaum, using simple random sampling technique. Data collection were through structured knowledge questionnaire and observation checklist. Data obtained were tabulated and analyzed in terms of objectives of the study using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study findings showed that there is increase in post-test knowledge and practice regarding maintenance of asepsis in labor room after administration of video demonstration program compare to pretest. How to cite this article Pinnapati SS, Raddi S. Effectiveness of a Video-assisted Demonstration Program on Knowledge and Practice regarding Maintenance of Asepsis in Labor Room among Final Year Auxiliary Nursing Midwifery Students. J South Asian Feder Obst Gynae 2015;7(3):109-112.
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