Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: August | Volume: 9 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 316-325
Effectiveness of Child Birth Education on Labour Outcomes among Antenatal Mothers
Mrs. Jayasankari. S1, Dr. Rebecca Samson2, Dr. Radhabai Prabhu3, Dr. Navaneetha.M4, Dr. Mary Daniel5
1Prof. in Nursing, College of Nursing, Pondicherry Inst. of Medical Sciences, Puducherry,
Ph.D aspirant, MAHER University, Chennai.
2Prof and Dean, College of Nursing, Pondicherry Inst. of Medical Sciences, Puducherry,
3Prof & HOD, Dept. of OBG, Meenakshi Medical College & Research Institute, Kanchipuram, Chennai.
4Prof. College of Nursing, Pondicherry Inst. of Medical Sciences, Puducherry
5Prof.& HOD, Dept. of OBG, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences –Puducherry.
Corresponding Author: Mrs. Jayasankari. S
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Educating antenatal mothers regarding child birth will improve their knowledge and confidence and enable them to adapt to the changes in their body, cope up with the pain, and to have a positive experience of child birth.
Methods: A True Experimental study with Post test only control group design was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of the child birth education on labour outcomes among 250 antenatal mothers at 32 – 34 weeks of gestation attending antenatal clinic in a tertiary care hospital in Puducherry. Antenatal mothers who have absolute contraindication for vaginal delivery and those who requested for epidural analgesia were excluded. The experimental group has 3 sessions of video assisted Child birth education while the control group had routine care.
Results: There was statistically significant improvement in the knowledge scores (t=70.634, p<0.000) on child birth after the education in experimental group. There was significant difference in the anxiety scores (Z=13.65, p=0.05) Coping level (t=41.752, p=0.000), child birth experience (t=38.140, p=0.000) and maternal infant bonding (t=8.948, p=0.000) duration of labour (F=3956.055, p=0.000) between the experimental group and control group. Majority 113 (94.2%) mothers in the intervention group had normal vaginal delivery.
Conclusion: The intervention was found to have increased the knowledge levels of the antenatal mothers which is highly correlated with the increase in the coping level of the parturients, decrease in the duration of labour, an uneventful intrapartum period, a positive child birth experience and an increase in maternal and infant bonding.
Key words: Child birth education, Anxiety, coping, child birth experience, maternal infant bonding, Mode of delivery, duration of labour