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In Puerperal period it is important for a mother to be aware of problems, that may develop in postnatal period due to soft tissue trauma and which provide an ideal environment for growth of pathogenic organisms which may lead to puerperal infection and increase the maternal morbidity and mortality. The objectives of the study is to assess the effectiveness of VATM on knowledge and to assess the pre and post intervention score regarding puerperal sepsis and its prevention. A pre-experimental study was conducted on 60 episiotomy postnatal mothers. The episiotomy postnatal mothers were selected from the SCBMC and H, Cuttack, Odisha.The data were collected by purposive sampling technique by using multiple choice close ended questionnaires from 06.09.2016 to 22.09.2016. The collected data were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings revealed that the highest percentage (40%) of the episiotomy postnatal mothers were in the age grouped 26-30 years. The highest percentage (33.3%) of postnatal mothers had secondary school education. The maximum percentage (51.6%) of postnatal mothers were housewife. The majority percentage (63.3%) of the postnatal mothers were Hindu. The maximum percentage (55%) of the postnatal mothers belonged to urban area. The majority percentage (53.3%) of the postnatal mothers had their first number of delivery. The knowledge level of episiotomy postnatal mothers shows that in pre-test, 70% episiotomy postnatal mothers had Very Poor knowledge and 30% mothers had Poor knowledge. In post-test 46.66% had Excellent knowledge and 53.33% mothers had Good knowledge. Area wise pre-test and post-test knowledge scores reveals that in post-test highest mean score was 15.16±1.92 with 79.82% where as lowest mean score was 3.15±0.77 with 78.75%. The effectiveness varies in mean percentage from 55.43% to 65.79%. Item wise comparision between pre-test and post-test reveals that there was effectiveness of VATM in increasing knowledge of the episiotomy postnatal mothers on knowledge regarding puerperal sepsis and its prevention. The study findings reveal that there was highly significant difference in pre-test and post-test knowledge scores. It is obtained by paired ‘t’ test. The study findings reveal that the chi square test was calculated and found that there was significant association between post-test knowledge scores with the area of education of the episiotomy postnatal mothers at 5% level of significance where as no significant association were found between post test knowledge scores with age, occupation, religion, area of residence and number of delivery of the mothers. The study was concluded that VATM was effective in enhancing the knowledge regarding puerperal sepsis and its prevention among the episiotomy postnatal mothers.
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