Abstract: Pregnancy is one of the most wonderful and noble services imposed by nature. Pregnancy is a special event; a period of happiness, expectancy, and excitement, in short it is a blessing and a privilege. But it is also a period which is not free from anxiety, fear and also from diseases or disorders. Hypertension developing during gravid state is purely called Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension (PIH). It is a leading cause of maternal mortality and morbidity world wide.PIH can be controlled by regulation of diet, relaxation, early identification, medication, monitoring blood pressure, rest, urine testing for the presence of albumin and modification in life style. An evaluatory approach with one group pre-test, post-test design was used for this study. The sample consisted of 60 antenatal mothers with the pregnancy-induced hypertension. They were choosen by convenient sampling technique. The study was conducted at antenatal wards and OPD of Index Medical Hospital and Research Center, Indore. The data was collected by structured interview schedule prior to and after administrating planned teaching programme. The data was analysed by descriptive and inferential statistics. The knowledge gained through Planned teaching programme was good, as it was evident with high significance (t59 = 1.96, P < 0.01) between the mean post-test (x2 = 28.03) and mean pre-test (x1= 9.4) knowledge score. Area-wise pre-test and post-test knowledge score of antenatal mothers diagnosed with pregnancy- induced hypertension shows higher mean percentage score(53%) in the area of basic factors regarding normal physiological changes during pregnancy and the least score (18.9%) in the prevention of complication of PIH in the pre-test. There is a marked difference in the mean percentage of post-test score (96.6%) in the area of prevention and (88%) in the area of basic factors.
Keywords: Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension, PIH, Pregnancy, Antenatal Mothers, Epilepsy.
Title: Effectiveness of the Planned Teaching Programme on Pregnancy- Induced Hypertension among Antenatal Mothers Diagnosed With Pregnancy- Induced Hypertension in a Selected Antenatal Clinic at Indore
Author: Y.D. Stella, Sheikh Javed Ahmad
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
SSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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