ABSTRACT:
Pregnancy and childbirth involve significant health risks, even for women with no pre-existing health problems. Approximately 40% of pregnant women suffer long term life-threatening complications; especially during the third stage labour, many women are unaware of the risks associated with this process. Quasi experimental, one group pre-test and post-test design was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme regarding third stage complications of labour among junior health assistant females. 40 junior health assistants were selected by simple random sampling technique. Self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the needed data. Collected data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Mean pre-test level of knowledge was 16.85 with mean percentage of 42.1 percentage with a SD of 3.9. Mean pre-test level of knowledge shows that majority of the samples (65%) fall in inadequate knowledge level. In the post-test, significant increase in knowledge was found. Mean post-test level of knowledge was 31.7 with mean percentage of 79.3percentage with a SD of 2.6. Mean post-test level of knowledge shows that majority of the samples (62.5%) fall in adequate knowledge level. A significant difference 24.96(p<0.05) was found between pre and post-test knowledge scores of respondents indicating significant increase in knowledge after structured teaching programme.
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J Vijayalakshmi, Sukanya. A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Third Stage Complications of Labour among Junior Health Assistant Females in selected Maternity Units, Bangalore. Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research. 2025;15(3):165-0. doi: 10.52711/2349-2996.2025.00034
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J Vijayalakshmi, Sukanya. A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Third Stage Complications of Labour among Junior Health Assistant Females in selected Maternity Units, Bangalore. Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research. 2025;15(3):165-0. doi: 10.52711/2349-2996.2025.00034 Available on: https://ajner.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2025-15-3-9
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