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KNOWLEDGE OF FAMILY MEMBERS OF POSTNATAL MOTHERS REGARDING PUERPERAL MENTAL DISORDERS

A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE OF FAMILY MEMBERS OF POSTNATAL MOTHERS REGARDING PUERPERAL MENTAL DISORDERS IN A SELECTED HOSPITAL AT MANGALORE, WITH A VIEW TO DEVELOP AN INFORMATION BOOKLET

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2013/05/003695
Enrollment
120
Registered
2013-05-29
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Ms LIBBEY KURUVILLA
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Family members who are related to the postnatal mother as husband, mother, mother in-law or sister (own sister, co-sister and sister in-law). Family members of postnatal mothers who can read and understand Kannada or English.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Family members who accompany postnatal mother with postpartum complications. Family members who accompany postnatal mother with sick infant. Family members other than husband, mother, mother in law and sisters who accompany the postnatal mother in the postnatal ward.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
among the subjects 2.5% had excellent knowledge, 35% had good knowledge, 48.33% had average knowledge and 14.17% had poor knowledge. Mother in laws(50.33% ) had highest knowledge and Mothers(39.86%) had lowest knowledge about puerperal mental disorders. Timepoint: 30 days

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
The findings of the study shows that there is significant association between knowledge score and selected baseline variables religion, relationship with postnatal mother and marital statusTimepoint: p value less than 0.05

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactMRS CHANU BHATTACHARYA

Father Muller College of Nursing

canboy142002@yahoo.com9886635139

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026