A pre-experimental study on effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge of minor disorders during pregnancy among primi gravida mothers in selected hospital at Jalandhar City, Punjab

Pregnancy is a wonderful mile stone in the life of a woman. It is the origin of human life. The news of pregnancy excites a woman; she plans everything for the arrival of the new baby with a lot of care and happiness. The pregnancy often result in a number of minor disorder such as Nausea and vomiting are set to affect over 50 percent of pregnancy. The common minor disorders during pregnancy are nausea vomiting, heart burn, constipation, back pain, leg cramps, frequency of micturition, Leukorrhea etc. Every system of the body is affected by pregnancy the mother needs knowledge to cope with the experience of pregnancy. She also needs knowledge when she presents with discomforting or worrying symptoms. The objective of study was to assess the pretest knowledge of minor disorders during pregnancy among primi gravida mothers to compare pretest and posttest knowledge of minor disorders during pregnancy among primigravida mothers. To determine the relationship of pretest and posttest knowledge of minor disorders during pregnancy among primigravida mothers with selected variables. The study sample consist of 60 primi gravid mothers. The data was analyzed by inferential statistics and presented through tables and figures.