EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON PREGNANCY INDUCED HYPERTENSION AMONG ANTENATAL MOTHERS ATTENDING URBAN HEALTH CENTRE

Objectives: To assess the knowledge of Pregnancy Induced Hypertension among antenatal mothers. To evaluate the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Pregnancy Induced Hypertension. To compare the knowledge of mothers between experimental and control group. To associate the selected demographic variables with mothers knowledge on Pregnancy Induced Hypertension. Research Methodology: Research Approach: Evaluative Approach. Research Design: Quasi- experimental, before and after (Pre test-post test). Population: All the antenatal mothers with Pregnancy Induced Hypertension, attending antenatal outpatient department. Sampling Technique: Non-randomized convenient sampling technique. Sample size: 40 subjects. Among them 20subject were selected for the experimental group and 20 subjects for the control group. Data Analysis: Collected data were tabulated and analysed using Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Findings of the Study: The incidence of Pregnancy Induced Hypertension was high among the subjects belonging to the age group 21-30 years.Majority of the antenatal mothers have knowledge on signs and symptoms of Pregnancy Induced Hypertension.The planned structured teaching was found to be effective in improving knowledge of antenatal mothers on Pregnancy Induced Hypertension<0.05).There is association between post test knowledge and selected demographic variables such as age, type of family and habitation(p