Video Assisted Teaching on Knowledge and Practice on Kangaroo Mother Care among Mothers of Preterm Babies.

[摘要] Prematurity accounts for the largest number of admission to Neonatal Intensive Care Units. As per theWHO estimation every year 15 million babies are born Preterm. Approximately 1million infant deaths in 2015are due to Prematurity. Most of these deaths are preventable using measures like Kangaroo Mother Care,exclusive breast feeding. Nurses play an important role in educating the Mothers, Primary care givers aboutKMC. This study aims to determine the “Effectiveness of Video Assisted Teaching on Knowledge and Practice onKangaroo Mother Care among Mothers of Preterm Babies, Admitted in Selected Children’s Hospitals, Bengaluru- 02”. An experimental, one group Pre-test, Post-test design is used for the study. 50 Mothers of Preterm babieswere selected using Non probability convenient sampling method. Pretest was conducted using StructuredInterview Schedule and Observation checklist, followed by Video Assisted Teaching on KMC. After 7 days Posttest was conducted. Findings reveals that, Majority (56%) are between18-27years. Majority 42% had high schooleducation.52% were Primi mothers. Majority 72% delivered normally. 50% of the babies were late preterm, (34- 36weeks of GA). Majority (48%) babies were between 1500-2000gm birth-weights. There was no associationbetween knowledge and Practice scores with demographic variables except for Knowledge with Educational2 2 status(X =19.603) and Practice with Occupation of mothers(X =53.661).Paired t test is of Knowledge is 18.851 &of Practice is 17.542 (t =2.00, P= 0.0001, 0.05 significance & 49 df). The Positive Correlation between Pre andPost Knowledge and Practice values indicates video assisted teaching on KMC on mothers of Preterm babies waseffective. The overall findings of the study indicates that Video assisted teaching on KMC is effective in improvingthe Knowledge and Practice levels of Mothers.

[学科分类] 工程和技术（综合）

[关键词] Kangaroo Mother Care;degree of freedom;Gestational Age;World Health Organization.