A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Video-Assisted Teaching (VAT) Program on Knowledge Regarding Selected Newborn Danger Signs and their Management Among Postnatal Primi Mothers, in Selected Hospitals, in Bangalore

Abstract

Background: The neonatal period (i.e., the first 28 days of life) is the most critical time for the survival of an infant. Although the global neonatal mortality rate has declined significantly by 40% between 1990 and 2013, this decline has not been on pace with the 56% decline in the under-5 mortality rate globally over the same period. DANGER SIGN: Neonates and young infants often present with non-specific symptoms and signs that indicate severe illness. These signs might be present at or after delivery or in a newborn presenting to the hospital or develop during a hospital stay. The signs include diarrhea and jaundice. Not feeding well, convulsions, drowsy or unconscious, movement only when stimulated or no movement at all fast breathing (60 breaths per min), grunting, severe chest in drawing, raised temperature, > 38°C, hypothermia, < 35.5°C. Objective: assess the existing level of knowledge regarding selected danger signs of newborn & their management, evaluate the effectiveness of the VAT program, and determine the association between the pretest knowledge scores with their selected demographic variables. Method: The research approach is evaluative; the research design is quasi-experimental design and the setting is a postnatal ward in Sapthagiri Hospital Bangalore. The sample of this study comprised 60 postnatal primipara mothers. A convenient sampling technique was used to draw samples for the study. Results: In the pretest, 83.3% had inadequate knowledge, and 16.7% had Moderately Adequate knowledge. In the post-test, 85% had adequate knowledge, 15% had moderately adequate knowledge and none of them had inadequate knowledge. In the post-test, 100% had good knowledge, and none of them had average as well as poor knowledge. The pretest mean percentage was 44.06% and the post-test mean percentage was 85.04%. Interpretation and conclusion: Overall findings showed that the video-assisted teaching program was significant in improving the knowledge and practice scores of postnatal primipara mothers on knowledge regarding newborn danger signs and their management.