A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAM ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PREVENTION OF SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME AMONG POSTNATAL MOTHERS AT SELECTED HOSPITAL, BENGALURU.

Abstract

A sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is a condition in which an infant, usually in the early postnatal period and nearly always before 6 months of age, dies during sleep for unexplained reasons and the standard autopsy fails to disclose an etiology. Objectives: To assess the knowledge regarding prevention of SIDS among postnatal mothers. To evaluate the effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme (PTP) on the knowledge regarding prevention of SIDS among postnatal mothers. Method: The study was conducted at Sri Krishna sevasrama Hospital Bengaluru. Thequasi-experimental one group pretest and posttest design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of planned Teaching Programme (STP) regarding knowledge on "Sudden infant death syndrome" among postnatal mothers. Purposive sampling technique was used to collect the data from 60 postnatal mothers. Structure knowledge questionnaire and PTP was used as the tool for the research study. Results: Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics and represented in graphs and tables. Conclusion: The results shows that 60% group D worker post natal mothers more knowledge on SIDS. 0.02 The prime gravida mothers shows least knowledge of SIDS. Therefore study suggest that more knowledge required for postnatal mothers on SIDS in order to prevent obstetrics and gynecological complication.