Effect Of Planned Teaching Programme Oncardiotocographyamong Midwives In Alappuzha

Abstract

Back ground: The health of the fetus and the health of the mother areextensively linked with each other and thus midwife plays a major role in attaining this goal throughout pregnancy and after delivery.Care given during the intra-partum period is the cornerstone of midwifery practice which would help women both physically and emotionally. Continuous fetal heart monitoring during pregnancy and labour gives an impression of the fetal well-being or fetal compromise thereby promoting the newborn's health status after birth. The past few decades have shown a notable increase in the number of techniques used to assess fetal wellbeing that ranges from the relatively simple maternal assessment of fetal movement to more complex diagnostic tests guided by the ultrasound. One such technology developed is cardiotocography.`

Objectives: The study was aimed to evaluate the effect of planned teaching programme on

Cardiotocography among Midwives.

Objectives of the study were

- To assess the existing level of knowledge on Cardiotocography among Midwives.

-To evaluate the effect of Planned Teaching programme on Cardiotocography among Midwives 

-Find out the association between the knowledge of Midwives on Cardiotocography and selected demographicvariables.

Methods: Study adopted a quantitative approach and one group pre-testpost-test design. The study population consisted of 60 Midwives working in maternity areas of selected hospital, selected by convenient sampling. The study was carried out at Women and child hospital, Alappuzha, Sree Narayana Medical Mission Hospital, Cherthala, K.V.M Hospital Cherthala and Sacred Heart General Hospital Cherthala. The tools used were Self-administered structured questionnaire to assess the socio demographic data and level of knowledge of Midwives regarding cardiotocography. Level of pre-test knowledge of midwives was assessed and Planned Teaching Programme on Cardiotocography was administered on the same day of pre-test. After seven days of Planned Teaching Programme Post test was conducted by using same questionnaire.

Results: Analysis was done by using descriptive and inferential statistics, which revealed that meanimprovement in knowledge 9.35 and the obtained’value t =20.51 was significant at 0.01 level .The result showed that the Planned Teaching Programme was effective in improving level of knowledge regarding Cardiotocography among Midwives and there was no association between midwives knowledge and their selected demographic variables.

Conclusion: Based on the findings the following conclusions were drawn Midwives had noadequate knowledge on cardiotocography and the planned teaching programme was effective in improving the level of knowledge regarding cardiotocography among Midwives.