Effectiveness of Self Instructional Module Regarding Normal Labour among Primigravidae at Selected Maternity Hospitals of Bangalore

The aim of the study was to assess the ‘effectiveness of self-instructional module regarding normal labour among primigravidae at selected maternity hospitals of Bangalore’. An evaluative approach with one group pre-test, post-test design was used for this study. The sample consisted of 75 Primigravidae mothers. They were chosen by a non-probability purposive sampling technique. The study was conducted at Corporation hospital and Lions urban family welfare centre, Gavipuram Guttahalli, Bangalore. Paired’t’ test was used for the area wise comparison between pre-test and post-test knowledge score on normal labour and was found to be significant. Findings revealed that the Primigravidae have an overall gain in knowledge with the administration of Self Instructional Module. The mean post-test knowledge score 28.37(64.4%) is higher than the mean pre-test knowledge score 13.43 (30.5%) with ’t’ value 35.75, p<0.01 level of significance. It shows that Self Instructional Module was effective in increasing the knowledge of Primigravidae. The result noted that there is significant association between the knowledge level of Primigravidae and selected demographic variables like education.