2024, Vol. 7, Issue 2, Part B

author(s)
Sabitha S

abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a structured teaching program regarding the prevention of Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs), which are common in pregnant women and can result in complications like pyelonephritis, low birth weight infants, premature delivery, and occasionally stillbirth. The study used a quasi-experimental one group pre-test post-test design without a control group. Thirty antenatal women who were registered in the ANC clinic at the Primary Health Centre in Manicampalayam, Namakkal, were chosen using a non-probability purposive sampling technique. Data were collected by administering a structured knowledge questionnaire before and after the implementation of a structured teaching program. Data were analyzed using descriptive (which includes mean, SD, frequency and percentage) and inferential (which includes t-test and Chi-square [χ 2] test) statistics and were represented in tables and graphs. Respondents knowledge level was inadequate 18(60%) in pretest and none in post-test, moderate level was 12(40%) in pretest, 14(46.6%) in post-test and adequate level was 16(53.3%) in post-test but none of them in pre-test. The result revealed that after structured teaching programme the level of knowledge was increased which was evidenced by improved post-test level of knowledge score.