Effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding complementary therapies for labour pain among Nurses in selected hospital

Introduction: Labour pain is the painful sensation experienced during childbirth and this pain is varies greatly and it is subjective for each person. Many mothers not prefer to go for the invasive and pharmacological methods of pain relief in labour and seek complementary therapies for the very minimal side effects for both the mother and the baby and easy to take.

 Objectives: To determine the effectiveness of structured teaching program regarding complementary therapies for labor pain among staff Nurses.

Material and Methods: A evaluative approach one group pre and posttest design were used, the study was conducted in a selected hospital at Punjab.30 Nurses were selected by using simple random sampling technique. Data was collected with the use of structured knowledge questionnaire. Pretest was collected and structured teaching plan on complementary therapies for labour pain was administered to staff Nurses. After 15 days the post test was conducted and data was analyzed. The result of the study revealed that in pretest 25(83.33%) of Nurses had inadequate knowledge, 05 (16.6) had moderate. Post test result revealed that out of 30 Nurses 10(33.33%) nurses had moderate knowledge, 20(66.66%) had adequate knowledge and no one had inadequate knowledge. While comparing knowledge between pretest and posttest the difference mean value was 9.90 with a standard deviation of 4.49 and calculated t value was 12.05.It was statistically significant at P<0.05 level.

Conclusion: Hence the structured teaching program is effective in imparting the knowledge on complementary therapies for labour pain among staff nurses.