Effect of Instructional Guidelines on Pregnant Women' Knowledge and Practice regarding Complementary Therapies | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 85, Volume 12, Issue 1, March 2021, Pages 1419-1434 PDF (887.19 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.207203 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hala Hassan Saied Khalil1; Nagat Salah Shalaby salama2; Basma Abdelhamed Deyab3; Nahed abd elazeem abd elsalam fathla4; Nahla Ali Maher Nashaat5 | ||
| 1Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Fayoum University, Egypt | ||
| 2Maternity, Gynecology and Obstetrics Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University/ Egypt | ||
| 3Health Education & Behavioral Sciences, Al-Baha University, Applied Medical Science College, Public Health Department | ||
| 4Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Port Said University, Egypt. | ||
| 5Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Complementary therapies (CT) are used by millions of people. Such therapies are used to treat a wide range of medical conditions, but they are especially common during pregnancy. Aim: To determine the effect of instructional guidelines on pregnant women' knowledge and practice regarding complementary therapies. Subjects and methods: Design: A quasi-experimental research design was used to achieve the study's aim. Setting: The study was conducted in Antenatal Outpatient Clinic at Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital at Port Said City. Subjects: A total of 100 pregnant women were selected from previous settings based on the non-probability purposive sampling technique is used. Tools: Tool I: A structured interview questionnaire; it consisted of two parts; (1) Demographic characteristics, (2): Obstetric history, Tool II: Pregnant women’s knowledge regarding complementary therapy, and Tool III: Pregnant women' self-reported practices regarding complementary therapy. Results: Regarding the source of information about complementary therapies, it was revealed that only less than one-third received knowledge about complementary therapies from their peer groups. The results revealed that post instructional guidelines knowledge and practice regarding complementary therapies was improved and statistically significantly higher than pre- instructional guidelines implementation among pregnant women. Conclusion: The results of the current study concluded that the instructional guidelines had a positive effect in improving pregnant women's knowledge and practice regarding complementary therapies. Recommendations: Maternity and community health nurses should play a role in providing frequent training and workshops to pregnant women in antenatal clinics about the importance of complementary therapies | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Complementary therapies; Knowledge; practice; pregnant women | ||
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