TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PREVENTION OF TORCH INFECTIONS DURING PREGNANCY AMONG ANTENATAL MOTHERS ATTENDING ANTENATAL OPDS OF SELECTED HOSPITALS

Aim:To assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding prevention of TORCH infections during pregnancy

among antenatal mothers attending antenatal OPDS of selected hospitals.   

Participants and setting: The research design used in this study was one group pre test and post test, no control group. The study was conducted in Miraj city, India.The investigator selected 100antenatal mothers who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were selected by using non probability convenience sampling technique.

 Intervention: The investigator assessed the knowledge on TORCH infection using the structured interview schedule. It took about 10 – 15 minutes for each individual. Soon after the pretest educational package was given through health talk, A.V. aids . The post test was conducted after 7 days and scoring was analyzed. Measurement and findings: To assess the effectiveness of education programme which was done by calculating the t value (0.527) which is confirmed that there was statistically significant difference between pre and post test knowledge at p<0.05 level.

Conclusion:There was association between the pre-test knowledge scores with selected demographical variables. Thus the null hypothesis was rejected and H₁ hypothesis and H₂ hypothesis was accepted.