“A study to assess the effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme (PTP) on the knowledge regarding management of pre-eclampsia among antenatal mothers attending antenatal clinic in selected hospitals of Faridkot, Punjab”.

Pre-eclampsia is a common complication of pregnancy. Appropriate awareness regarding the management of pre-eclampsia during the antenatal period in the belief that helps to prevent eclamptic fits and subsequent poor outcomes for mother and infant and making mothers aware of the type of symptoms associated with pre-eclampsia. This study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme regarding management of pre-eclampsia among antenatal mothers attending antenatal clinic in selected hospitals of Faridkot, Punjab. Quantitative Evaluative research approach and a single group pretest and posttest research design were adopted. The sample size was 30 antenatal mothers selected by using non probability convenient sampling technique from selected hospitals of Faridkot, Punjab. Data was collected by using structured interview schedule. Pretest was conducted to assess the knowledge on antenatal mothers followed by administration of Planned Teaching Programme. After 7days post-test was conducted using same questionnaire. The study finding revealed that after the administration of planned teaching programme posttest mean value ±SD i.e. 20.4 ± 5.30 was higher than the pretest mean value ±SD i.e. 10 ± 3.35. At 0.05 level of significant the calculated t- value i.e. 9.12 was more than the tabulated value i.e. 2.05. Hence there was statistically significant difference between pretest and posttest knowledge scores and the hypothesis was accepted. There was no statistically significant (p>0.05) association between posttest knowledge scores and socio-demographic variables. The study concluded that planned teaching programme was found to be effective in improving the knowledge of antenatal mothers regarding management of pre-eclampsia.