Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Prevention of Uterine Prolapse among Married Women Residing In Selected Areas of Dera Bassi, District Mohali, Punjab

Introduction: Reproductive health, is defined as the state of physical, mental, and social well-being in all matters relating to the reproductive system at all stages of life. Reproductive health implies that people are able to have a satisfying and safe sex life and that they have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide if, when, and how often to do so. Implicit in this definition are the rights of men and women to be informed and to have access to safe, effective, affordable, and acceptable methods of family planning of their choice, and the right to appropriate health-care services that enable women to safely go through pregnancy and childbirth1. Maternal mortality is perhaps the most important cause of loss of healthy life and cause that could be readily reduced through improved quality of care. One of the reason for maternal morbidity is uterine prolapse. Uterine prolapse is widespread chronic reproductive health problem. It mainly affects woman’s quality of life drastically.2 Material and Methods: An experimental design to evaluate the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge regarding Prevention of Uterine Prolapse among married Women. The study was conducted on 30 samples each in experimental and control group. Data was collected from September 2019 to November 2019. A structured knowledge questionnaire was used to evaluate the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge regarding Prevention of Uterine Prolapse among married Women. Result: The data revealed that, In experimental group, 40% of the subject belonged to the age group 26-30 years, 46.7% were educated up to senior secondary, 73.3% were home maker, and 36.7% had 20001-40000 monthly family income. 60 % had 2 children, 83.4% had vaginal delivery, 83.4% had no previous knowledge regarding prevention of uterine prolapse, 93.3% subject had not adopted the preventive measure of uterine prolapse and 90% subjects had no family history of uterine prolapse whereas in control group, 33.4% of the subject belongs to the age group of 31-35 years, 36.8% were educated up to senior secondary, 83.4% were home maker, 43.4% had <20000 monthly family income, 43.4% had 2 children, 73.4% had vaginal delivery, 90% had no any previous information regarding prevention of uterine prolapse, 96.7% had not adopted preventive measure of uterine prolapse and, 83.3% subjects does not have any family history of uterine prolapse. The mean post-test knowledge score (28.03+5.09) was higher than mean pre-test knowledge score (11.16+3.45) in experimental group while in control group the mean pre-test and post-test knowledge score was almost similar (10.73+1.98 vs. 10.83+2.22) which indicated the effectiveness of structured teaching programme. in control group no significant association was found between post-test knowledge score regarding uterine prolapse and demographic variables, age (F=0.483), educational qualification (F=0.336), occupation (F=0.252), total monthly family income (F=1.072), number of children (F=0.053), mode of delivery (t=0.610), previous knowledge regarding prevention of uterine prolapse (t=0.134), if yes source of information (t=0.13.2), any measure adopted for prevention of uterine prolapse (t=4.779), any family history of uterine prolapse (t=0.689) at p level<0.05. Conclusion: After the detailed analysis of this study it shows that structured teaching programme regarding prevention of uterine prolapse was effective in enhancing the knowledge of married women..