TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LEARNING PACKAGE ON KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE IN CARE OF PRETERM BABIES AMONG POSTNATAL MOTHERS IN SELECTED NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AT COIMBATORE.

Prof. Mrs. Thenmozhi, Ms. S. Manoranjitham

Abstract


The study was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of learning package on knowledge and practice in care of pre term among postnatal mothers. The research approach used for this study was quantitative approach. The results shows that majority 73.3% of mothers had moderate knowledge and 66.7% of mothers had adequate practice of preterm care. The knowledge (‘t’=9.3) and practice (‘t’=11.6) score of the mother was highly significant at 0.05 level. There was no association between pretest knowledge and practice score with their selected demographic variables.


Keywords


postnatal, development, womb,gestational

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