Effectiveness of Multimedia Educational Intervention on Comprehensive Home Care for Preterm Among Postnatal Mothers of Preterm in Selected Hospital at Coimbatore

The present study was conducted to assess A study to assess the effectiveness of multimedia educational intervention on comprehensive home care for preterm among postnatal mothers of preterm in selected hospital at Coimbatore. A quantitative approach with the pre experimental one group pretest posttest design study was conducted at Ashwin Hospital, Coimbatore. 50 postnatal mothers (18-35 years) of preterm were selected by purposive sampling technique. The investigator used self administered questionnaire tool and observational checklist to assess the pretest level of knowledge and practice among postnatal mothers of preterm regarding home care. Multimedia educational intervention was given to the postnatal mothers of preterm for a period of 30-45 minutes. The post test was assessed by using the same scale. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. The analysis revealed that the level of knowledge regarding home care for preterm the pretest mean score was 7.9 and posttest mean score was 17.5. It is higher than the pretest mean score. The calculated’ value 19 at df (49), which is significant at p<0.05 level.The finding implies that the multimedia educational intervention has significant effect in the improvement of Practice regarding comprehensive home care for preterm among postnatal mothers of preterm.Since, the obtained "t" value was higher than the table value, the above findings accepts the research hypothesis (H1). The study findings revealed that knowledge and practice was significantly improved by multimedia educational intervention among postnatal mothers of preterm and it was found be effective and beneficial strategy in creating awareness and decreasing preterm mortality rate.

Assess, Effectiveness, Multimedia Educational Intervention, Comprehensive Home Care, Preterm, Postnatal Mothers

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