Effectiveness between Online and Regular Educational Programs on Knowledge and Self-care on Primigravida

Abstract

A two-group quasi-experimental study measured results were measured before and after the experiment. The objective was to compare knowledge and self-care between before and after online teaching. and to compare the before and after difference of knowledge and self-care scores between online and conventional education among pregnant women up to 20 weeks of gestation at first antenatal care at the antenatal care department. Narathiwat Rajanagarindra Hospital until 32 weeks, 30 people Specific sample selection and Simple random sampling was randomized into 15 experimental groups and 15 control groups. and the control group used normal teaching. The research instruments consisted of a knowledge scale with a KR20 value of 0.71 and a self-care questionnaire with a Cronbach alpha coefficient of 0.73. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, Wilcoxon sign ranks test and Mann Whitney U test. The results were found.

That after online teaching Pregnant women had higher knowledge and self-care behaviors than before educating. They were statistically significant at the .001 and .05 levels, respectively. There were no differences between the groups that were taught online and that of traditional teaching.

  It can be seen that using the method of teaching parents online schools It can encourage pregnant women to increase their knowledge just like studying in a normal parent's school classroom. Therefore, teaching methods through social media should be used in teaching parents' schools. This will reduce the workload of officials. Make the parents' school activities complete according to the criteria and pregnant women have easier access to parent school activities get more convenient But there should be staff to give advice during the first time entering the program. There is an agreement to limit the time of contacting information via the online system appropriately.