TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING SELECTED MINOR AILMENTS OF PREGNANCY AND ITS REMEDIAL MEASURES AMONG ANTENATAL WOMEN ATTENDING ANTENATAL OPD AT DOON MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL, DEHRADUN

A study was conducted to assess the level of knowledge regarding selected minor ailments of pregnancy and its remedial measures among antenatal women attending antenatal OPD at Doon medical college and hospital, Dehradun in a view to develop information booklet. A descriptive research design was used for the study. The study samples were 150 antenatal women attending antenatal OPD at Doon medical college and hospital. Participants were selected by using non-probability convenient sampling technique. Self structured knowledge questionnaire was administered for the assessment. The study results shows that majority of women 70 (46.7%) were having moderate knowledge, 55 (36.7%) women have inadequate and 25 (16.6%) have adequate knowledge regarding minor ailments of pregnancy and their remedial measures. Area wise knowledge score shows that majority of mothers having adequate knowledge regarding backache, followed by fatigue and sleeplessness with Mean 10.68%, Mean percentage 44.5% and Standard deviation 5.125. The chi- square test done at 0.05 level of significance revealed association of knowledge score with all demographic variables i.e Age, education, occupation, type of family, family income, area of residence, gravid, gestational week, previous knowledge and source of information.Findings stress the need of health education in hospital and community to improve the knowledge of pregnant women.