Video-tutelage on obstetric danger signs among spouses of antenatal mothers

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: During pregnancy, all antenatal women face the danger of death due to obstetrics entanglements. Spouse support is a must to reduce obstetric complications. This study assessed and educated the spouse of an antenatal mother’s knowledge level on obstetric danger signs in Vani Vilas hospital, Bangalore, India. METHODS: This evaluative study was conducted among 50 spouses of Antenatal mothers. The levels of knowledge were analyzed using pre- and post-education sessions.RESULTS: Before the intervention, 17 out of 50 subjects (34%) had adequate and moderately adequate knowledge; respectively, there was inadequate knowledge among 16 (32%) spouses. After the intervention, all the subjects, 50 (100%), had an adequate knowledge level. To evaluate the intervention’s effectiveness, a paired t-test was computed (t = 15.68 p < 0.05). Among 50 (88%), 44 had adequate knowledge, and 6 (12%) had moderately adequate knowledge during pre-test scores on danger signs in labor. Regarding puerperium danger signs, 19 (38%) of them had adequate knowledge, and 27 (54%) and 4 (8%) of them had moderately adequate and inadequate knowledge, respectively. In post-tests, 50 (100%) of them had adequate knowledge regarding danger signs during labor, and 40 (80%), and 10 (20%) of them, had adequate and moderately adequate knowledge regarding danger signs during puerperium. Regression analysis revealed that antenatal visits (0.002), gravidity (0.022), and parity (0.034) were associated with the pre-test knowledge score of the spouses.CONCLUSION: The video teaching program was significantly associated with the knowledge of spouses of antenatal mothers by knowledge enhancement, so it should be encouraged and adopted by all the hospitals.