Effectiveness of Instructional Program upon Pregnant Women’s Knowledge Suffering from Pregnancy Induced Hypertension Attending to Primary Health Care Centers in Al- Najaf City

Abstract

Pregnancy induced hypertension is a common obstetric disorder. It is among the leading causes of maternal and fetal mortality and morbidity. This research aims to assess pregnant women's knowledge regarding pregnancy induced hypertension, and to find out the relationship between pregnant women's knowledge and their demographic and clinical data . A quasi-experimental design is used to investigate the effectiveness of instructional program upon women's knowledge suffering from pregnancy induced hypertension , from the 8 th of January to 3 th September2020, included 80 pregnant (40 women as study group), and (40 women as a control group). The current study found that the knowledge of the majority of women about pregnancy induced hypertension is poor in complication domain specialty before the implementation of instructional program. However, 100% of them have had good knowledge after two weeks of implementation of the instructional program. The women have developed and improved in their knowledge about pregnancy induced hypertension. The study revealed that there were high significant in the study group knowledge regarding the pregnancy induced hypertension in the pre-test and post-test measurements. The study has concluded that the instructional program has a positive effect on the study sample blood pressure. The instructional program has a positive effect on the study sample knowledge regarding the PIH. Levels of education, monthly income, residential area, occupational status, and the type of family are affect the pregnant's knowledge regarding the PIH.