Abstract
Title
A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE OF MOTHERS REGARDING EFFECTIVENESS OF BIRTHING BALL ON MATERNAL OUTCOME AMONG PRIMIGRAVIDA MOTHERS IN SELECTED HOSPITAL AT AMRAVATI
Author
Sheelamma MA & Dr Linson CC
Email
srpavitra2010@gmail.com
keyword
Knowledge,
Primigravida Mothers,
Effectiveness Birthing
ball, Maternal Outcome.
Abstract
Motherhood is wonderful, but it’s also hard work. It’s the logistics more than anything. You
discover you have reserves of energy you didn’t know you had.? —Deborah Mailman
Pain in labour is a nearly universal experience for child bearing women and it can be intense
with tension, anxiety and fear making it worse. It is however experienced differently by
mothers giving birth. The majority of women though need some sort of pain relief drugs
during childbirth, but safety of the child takes the first priority. Natural childbirth is a "lowtech"
way of giving birth by letting nature take its course some women choose to give birth
using no medications at all, relying instead of techniques such as relaxation and controlled
breathing for pain. With natural childbirth, the mother is in control of her body, usually with
a labor assistant gently guiding and supporting her through the stages of labor. The birth rate
for India in 2020 was 17.592 births per 1000 people, a 1.2% decline from 2019. The labour
process is divided into four stages that delineate milestones in a continuous process. The first
stage or the cervical stage, which starts from the onset of the true labour pain and ends with
the full dilatation of the cervix. The second stage starts from full dilatation of the cervix and
ends with expulsion of the fetus from the birth canal and the third stage begin after expulsion
of the placenta and membranes and the fourth stage is the observation for at least one hour
after expulsion of the afterbirth. OBJECTIVES: - The study was conducted with the
objective to assess the Knowledge of the Mothers regarding the Effectiveness of Birthing
Ball on Maternal outcome among Primigravida mothers in selected Hospital at Amravati and
to associate the knowledge of Primigravida Mothers with their selected Demographical
Variables. MATERIAL & METHODS: Non-Experimental Descriptive Survey Research
Design was used in this study with 30 Primigravida Mothers. RESULTS: - The Mean of
knowledge scores of Primigravida Mothers Regarding Effectiveness of Birthing Ball on
Maternal Outcome is 13.5, Median is 13, the Data Range is 10, Mean Deviation of
knowledge score is 2.03 and Standard Deviation is 2.51.CONCLUSION: It was concluded
that statistical analysis and interpretation that maximum of the Primigravida Mothers had
average knowledge regarding Effectiveness of Birthing Ball on Maternal Outcome.
