Effectiveness of goal oriented prenatal education on birth preparedness and complication readiness among antenatal mothers in selected community areas

Neha Patyal; Santosh Kumari; Kajal Banyal; Jasbir Kaur; Awanshika; Pallavi; Surbhi Sharma; Guneet Kaur

doi:10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20251245

Authors

Neha Patyal Department of Obstetrics, Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Nursing, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India
Santosh Kumari Department of Obstetrics, Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Nursing, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India
Kajal Banyal Department of Obstetrics, Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Nursing, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India
Jasbir Kaur Department of Mental Health Nursing, Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Nursing, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India
Awanshika Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Nursing, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India
Pallavi Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Nursing, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India
Surbhi Sharma Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Nursing, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India
Guneet Kaur Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Nursing, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20251245

Keywords:

Effectiveness, GOPE, Birth preparedness, Complication readiness

Abstract

Background: High maternal mortality has been associated with inadequate Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness (BPACR) and non-institutional delivery in developing countries. Therefore, there is a need for proven interventions that will improve BPACR and institutional delivery to reduce maternal mortality. This study evaluated the effects of Goal-Oriented Prenatal Education (GOPE) on pregnant women's BPACR and institutional delivery. The objectives of the study were to assess and evaluate the effectiveness of GOPE regarding BPACR by comparing mean pre and post scores of experimental and control groups. Find out the association between post-test GOPE score regarding BPACR among antenatal mothers with selected demographic variables.

Methods: This was a community based pre-test and post-test interventional study (quasi-experimental research design) and was conducted in two randomly selected community areas. A total of 60 antenatal mothers were selected by using purposive sampling technique. Data was collected by socio demographic variables, self-structured questionnaire.

Results: In experimental group pre-test mean knowledge score was 14.23 and post-test was 20.70. Whereas in control group the pre-test mean knowledge score was 15.00 and post-test was 15.60. As result showed that ‘t’ value 8.21 p=0.00* level which indicates significance at <0.05 level. Hence research hypothesis was accepted that it was proclaimed that the GOPE had definite impact on increasing in the level of knowledge score regarding BPACR among antenatal mothers in both groups.

Conclusions: GOPE was effective to increase in knowledge score regarding BPACR.

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Neha Patyal, Department of Obstetrics, Maharishi Markandeshwar College of Nursing, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India

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