Neonatal and infant mothers' Knowledge, Attitude, and Diaper Hygiene Practices: The Impact of Digital Education in Puducherry
Keywords:
Digital Education (Podcast), KAP (Knowledge, Attitude, Practice), Diaper hygiene, Mothers of infantAbstract
Background: Diaper hygiene means to maintain proper hygiene technique while using diaper in new born babies to infection and diaper rashes. Digital education through podcast which is a spoken audio recording that can be played directly on a media device. The present study was focused to improve the KAP on Diaper Hygiene through audio recorded teaching among the mothers.
Materials and Methods: The Quantitative Research Approach with the Pre-Experimental Research Design was adopted. A convenient sampling technique was used to recruit 50 mothers of infants at Koravallimedu, Puducherry. The structured questionnaires contain four Point Likert’s Scale and Observational checklist were used to collect the data. Data were descriptively analyzed with SPSS Inferential Statistical Analysis was performed using the Chi-Square & Paired ‘t’ test. Results with a p < 0.01 were considered statistically significant.
Results: The results revealed that there was a statistically significant improvement in the level of knowledge, attitude and practice at p<0. 001.
Conclusion: The study results proved that Digital Education through podcast method was Effective to improve the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding Diaper Hygiene.
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