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Background- The mental illness seen in children is worrisome and has many factors leading to such conditions. The need for positive intervention is need of the hour. Materials & Methods- Quasi-experimental one group pre-test post-test design was used for the study. The sample consisted of 60 prenatal mothers in selected rural areas of Bhopal by Non-Probability convenient sampling technique. A pre-test was conducted by using a structured knowledge questionnaire to evaluate the effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on knowledge regarding prenatal factors leading to mental disorders. Results- In this study, on comparing the pre-test and post-test knowledge score it was found that all prenatal mothers scored better in the post-test. Majority of respondents scored average and 20.0% scored good. The post test mean was more than pre test score. Conclusion- We concluded that the structured teaching program is effective in increasing knowledge of the prenatal mothers regarding prenatal factors leading to mental disorders.
ABSTRACT
A study to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on pre-eclampsia for primigravida women in a selected commmunity at Mangalore was undertaken with 30 samples. The research approach was pre-experimental approach with one group pre-test post-test design. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the samples. The study findings revealed that in the pre-test knowledge assessment the mean percentage of response was (32.23%) and in the post-test the mean percentage was (84.9%). Furthur effectivess of planned teaching programme was tested by inferential statistics using paired “t” test. A very significant (P< 0.001) difference was found between pre-test and post-test knowledge scores of the respondents indicating an increase in knowledge after planned teaching programme. Thus, planned teaching programme was found to be effective in improving the knowledge of primigravida women regarding pre-eclampsia.