Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice related to management of anaemia among the antenatal mothers in a selected tertiary care Hospital, Tamil Nadu, India A Descriptive study
Background: Pregnancy is a unique, exciting and often joyous time in a women's life. Pregnant women also need to be a responsible to provide the best support for the health her future child. It is most important priority to improve knowledge and practice of antenatal mothers regarding management of anaemia, thereby anaemia is the leading causes responsible for maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality related antenatal mothers can be effectively prevented. Materials and Methods: The study aimed at assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice related to management of anaemia among the antenatal mothers in a selected community based quantitative research with a descriptive research design. The samples consisted of 30 antenatal mothers were diagnosed with pathological anaemia irrespective of their gravida, parity and period of gestation. A purposive sampling was used for selecting the antenatal mothers. The demographic profile of the antenatal was assessed through a structured interview. The existing knowledge, practice and attitude of antenatal mothers regarding anaemia was assessed with help of a self administered Questionnaire and a self administered opinionnaire respectively. The data was collected by using online Google form for 2 weeks. Data were analysed by Descriptive analysis, Karl Pearson Correlation Co efficient analysis and Pearson Chi Square analysis. Results The study findings revealed that the overall mean and standard deviation of knowledge, attitude and practice Yazhini et al (2020) Assessment of KAP related management of anemia Dec, 2020 Vol. 23 Issue 23 Annals of Tropical Medicine Public Health http:/doi.org/10.36295/ASRO.2020.232393 score of antenatal mothers was found to be 5.83 2.82, 31.2+ 5.12 and 6.86+ 1.8 respectively. A weak positive correlation was found between knowledge and practices of the antenatal mothers on management of anaemia during pregnancy as the r value was found to be 0.3094 and a weak positive correlation was found between knowledge and attitude on management of anaemia during pregnancy as the r value was found to be 0.3929. Conclusion: The study concludes that antenatal mothers have poor knowledge, attitude and practices on management of anaemia during pregnancy. As there is a high prevalence of anaemia during pregnancy, the need of the hour is to create awareness among mothers on prevention and effective management as to reduce the maternal mortality and morbidity secondary to complications of anaemia during pregnancy.