Effectiveness of Video Assisted Teaching Program (VATP) in Improving Knowledge Regarding Antenatal Examination among Nursing Students

Abstract

BackgroundnbspPregnancy is one of the momentous events in the life of a woman her family and the society as a whole. Antenatal assessment is important in identifying the complications at the earliest during antenatal period. Nursing students performing antenatal examination should possess adequate knowledge to assess the well-being of the foetus and the mother.ObjectivenbspTo assess the pre-existing levels of knowledge among nursing students on antenatal examination To assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching program To compare the pre and posttest levels of knowledge of students To determine the association between the pretest knowledge scores and socio demographic variables.MethodologynbspQuasi-experimental non-equivalent control group research design was adopted for this study. The study was conducted involving 30 subjects Control- 15 and Experimental group- 15 who were selected by purposive sampling technique. A structured knowledge questionnaire was developed for evaluation. The experimental group received video assisted teaching after their pre-test. The data obtained were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.ResultsnbspThe study results revealed that all the experimental group students demonstrated inadequate knowledge regarding antenatal examination in the pre-test. The pretest mean percentage was found to be 68.6. The video assisted teaching program on antenatal examination was found to be effective as it resulted in increased levels of knowledge after its implementation among the experimental group. The post-test mean percentage increased to 208.ConclusionnbspThe overall findings of the study clearly showed that the video assisted teaching program was effective in improving the knowledge among students.