Abstract

Background: This study is done to check antenatal mothers experience on fetal movement counting and prenatal attachment and maternal worries. Most information on fetal movement counting is from home setting. Mostly women may know less about fetal movement counting and its worries. Less knowledge about available service, and reluctance to discuss symptoms with those involved in the decision to seek care. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of fetal movement counting on prenatal attachment and maternal worries among antenatal mothers in selected rural area, Bhopal. Objectives: 1. To assess pre test knowledge of antenatal mothers regarding fetal movement counting on prenatal attachment and maternal worries. 2. To assess post test knowledge of antenatal mothers regarding fetal movement counting on prenatal attachment and maternal worries. 3. To identify significant association between pre test knowledge score of antenatal mothers regarding fetal movement counting on prenatal attachment and maternal worries and socio demographic variable. Material: In this study, one group pre-test post-test pre- experimental design was used and non-probability purposive sampling technique was adopted to select 40 antenatal mothers in home setting in adampur chhavni, Bhopal. Result: The antenatal mothers pre-test and post-test knowledge score was compared and the pre-test and post-test, mean is 14.95, 23.67 respectively and SD is 5.183, 4.434 and there is significant difference between pre-test and post-test knowledge of antenatal mothers and test score “t” value is 3.726 which is greater than the (p>005) level of significant. Conclusion: It concluded that the planned teaching programme found to be effective in improving the knowledge of rural antenatal mothers regarding fetal movement counting and prenatal attachment and maternal worries, as the knowledge increase in the post test and it shows that health education is must for remotest area people to adopt their health positively in preventive, Promotive and curative aspects.

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