A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE AND COMPLIANCE REGARDING DAILY FETAL MOVEMENT COUNT AMONG ANTENATAL MOTHERS IN SELECTED HOSPITAL AT KOLLAM

Laya S.* and Prof. Annal Angeline

ABSTRACT

A quasi experimental study was conducted to assess the effect of structured teaching programme on knowledge and compliance regarding daily fetal movement count among antenatal mothers. The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge regarding daily fetal movement count among antenatal mothers, to assess the compliance regarding daily fetal movement count among antenatal mothers, to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding daily fetal movement count among antenatal mothers, to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on compliance regarding daily fetal movement count among antenatal mothers, to find the association between knowledge regarding Daily Fetal Movement Count among antenatal mothers and demographic variables and to find the association between compliance to Daily Fetal Movement Count among antenatal mothers and demographic variables. The conceptual framework used was Callista Roy’s adaptation theory. Pre-test post-test control group design was used in this study. Purposive sampling was used to select 60 samples. Pre-test was conducted by structured knowledge questionnaire and compliance check list. For experimental group, structured teaching programme was given. Control group received routine nursing care. The findings of the study showed that the mean post-test knowledge score of experimental group (18.60±1.38) was higher than the control group (10.57±1.97) and the mean post-test compliance score of experimental group (13.93±1.82) was higher than the control group (7.35±1.66) and it was significant at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study shows that there was significant association between the knowledge with occupation and no significant association between compliance with other variables. The study concludes that structured teaching programme was effective in improving knowledge and compliance regarding daily fetal movement count among antenatal mothers.

Keywords: Knowledge, Compliance, Structured Teaching Programme, Daily Fetal Movement Count, Antenatal mothers, Selected hospital.