A Study to Assess the Knowledge on Minor Ailments of Pregnancy Among Primi Mothers at Selected Hospital Honavar

Abstract

Pregnancy is a creative and productive period in the life of women. There are some common problems that a women might experience during pregnancy and because they are not threatening their life. They are called minor. There is high incidents of minor ill health in the population. The period from conception to birth after the egg is fertilized by a sperm and then implanted in the lining of the uterus. It develops into the placenta and embryo and later into a fetus pregnancy usually last 40 weeks, beginning from the first day of women’s last menstrual period and is divided into 3 trimesters each lasting 3 month. The proper management of antenatal period will reduce the incidence of other complications. The aim of the study is to assess the knowledge on minor ailments of pregnancy and its management among primi mothers of selected hospitals of Honavar. The descriptive research design was used. Data was collected with the structured questionnaire. A sample consist of 60 antenatal mothers. Results revealed that 83.3% of antenatal mothers have moderate level of knowledge and 16.6% of them had inadequate practice regarding minor ailments of pregnancy. The mean percentage of knowledge scores is 56.25%.There will be a significant association between knowledge and demographic variables. There is a high correlation between knowledge and demographic variables of minor ailments of pregnancy at 0.05 levels. The result of the study suggest that health education should be provided to all the antenatal mothers regarding minor ailments of pregnancy and its management.