A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Video Demonstration on Knowledge Regarding Antenatal Exercises among Antenatal Mothers at Selected Hospitals, Chitradurga

Background: Regular exercise plays an important role in the fight against stress. It provides recreation and mental reliability, besides keeping the body physically and mentally fit. It is nature?s best tranquilizer. As the baby develops in the womb, the increasing load in the abdomen creates tension in the muscles of the back and waist. Physical exercises prevent the overstretching of muscles and strengthen them there by enabling her to carry the additional weight without strain. Walking is the best exercise for the expectant mother. Hence the focus of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Video demonstration on Antenatal Exercises among Antenatal Mothers at Government District Hospitals, Chitradurga, Karnataka. Objectives: 1. To assess the pre - test knowledge scores of Antenatal Mothers regarding Antenatal exercises.2. To assess the effectiveness of video demonstration on knowledge regarding antenatal exercises by comparing pre test and post - test knowledge scores.3. To determine the association between the pre test knowledge scores of Antenatal mothers with their selected demographic variable. Methods: A pre - experimental design and evaluative research was used in the study. The data was collected from 50 subjects in Government District Hospital, through convenient sampling technique. Data was collected using structured questionnaire. Results: Major findings of the study majority 56.7% of the Antenatal Mothers had inadequate knowledge and 42% had moderate knowledge in the pre test. After administration of Video xi demonstration72% of the subjects had adequate knowledge, 22% had moderate knowledge and only 6% had inadequate knowledge regarding Antenatal Exercises in the post test. The overall analysis of level of knowledge of Antenatal Mothers regarding Antenatal Exercises showed that mean knowledge scores of the subjects at pre - test were 13.56 (45.2%) with standard deviation 4.953found to be inadequate knowledge regarding Antenatal Exercises. After administration of Video demonstration mean knowledge scores of the subjects was 24.04 (80.13%) with standard deviation 5.631 found to be improvement in the level of knowledge among Antenatal mothers. Conclusion: Findings of the study show that there was a significant difference in pre test and post test level of knowledge of Antenatal mothers. From this it is concluded that the Video demonstration is effective in improving the level of knowledge of Antenatal mothers. And there was a significant association between level of knowledge of Antenatal mothers and selected demographic variables such as age, occupation and source of information.