Research Article

A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Self- Instructional Module on Knowledge Regarding Expression and Storage of Breast Milk Among Mothers of Preterm Babies in Sri Sai Hospital Dharmapuri

Abstract

A Study to assess the Effectiveness of Self-Instructional Module on Knowledge Regarding Expression and Storage of Breast milk among Mothers of preterm Babies in Sri Sai Hospital, Dharmapuri. Evaluative research design was adopted for this study. The sample size was 30 mothers of preterm selected in Sri Sai Hospital, Dharmapuri district, and purposive sampling technique was used to collect the data to select study sample. the data was collected with the help of knowledge questionnaire on Expression and Storage of Breast milk, Pre-test was conducted followed by the self-instructional module was given regarding Expression and Storage of Breast milk was administered to the group’s samples consist of 4-5 mothers of preterm for the period of 25 to 30 minutes includes feedback, doubts clarification. Evaluation of teaching was done by conducting post-test, Post-test assessment was done for the same mothers during the next visit on seventh day of intervention by using the same tool of Scale. The data collected, analyzed and interpreted on the basis of objectives by using descriptive and inferential statistics.