Home Remedies for Minor Ailments in Pregnancy; Knowledge and Practice Assessment Among Antenatal Mothers

Home Remedies for Minor Ailments in Pregnancy; Knowledge and Practice Assessment Among Antenatal Mothers

Suja Kumari S¹, Jincy Hiskiyavu J ²

¹Assistant Professor^, Amrita College of Nursing, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala

JK College of Nursing and Paramedicals, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

ABSTRACT

Every woman's life is transformed during her pregnancy, as she goes through a lot of physiological and hormonal shifts during this time to prepare for childbirth. These changes are not dangerous, but cause discomfort. To ease these discomforts, women employ a variety of homemade cures. The study's goals were to look at pregnant mothers' knowledge and use of home remedies for minor diseases during pregnancy, as well as to see if there was a link between knowledge and use of home remedies for minor ailments during pregnancy and certain demographic characteristics. A descriptive design with an experimental method was chosen for this study. The convenience sample method was used to pick 60 pregnant mothers from a family health centre in Coimbatore. The Chi-square test was used to assess the relationship between knowledge level and practise on home treatments for mild diseases among expectant women. The findings reveal that prenatal mothers' knowledge and practice of mild pregnancy diseases and home treatments have a significant relationship with age, education, and information source (p0.05). 65% mothers said they had adequate understanding, while 35% had poor knowledge. 50% mothers practiced home remedies fairly, 25% had well practice, and 25% had poor practice. It is relevant to incorporate training to improve knowledge and practice about home remedies to tackle with minor ailments in pregnancy to make the pregnancy more cheerful and fruitful.

Keywords

Antenatal, Home remedies, Knowledge, Minor disorders, Practice, Pregnancy