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@article{188069,
        author = {Dr.C.Usha kiran and Dr K.Varalakshmi and Ms.M.Divya Teja},
        title = {A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE ON PREVENTION OF SELECTED PUERPERAL COMPLICATIONS AMONG POSTNATAL MOTHERS WHO HAVE UNDERGONE CESEREAN SECTION AT GOVERNMENT MATERNITY HOSPITAL, TIRUPATI.},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {7},
        pages = {616-622},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=188069},
        abstract = {Background: The puerperium, or postpartum period, is critical phase physiologically and emotionally & vulnerable phase in a woman's life, typically extending for six weeks after childbirth. During this time, a woman undergoes various anatomical, physiological, and emotional changes as her body returns to its pre-pregnant state. During this time, the mother undergoes physical and psychological adjustments, and if not properly cared for, she is vulnerable to various puerperal (postpartum) complications. These complications can include infections, hemorrhage, (post-partum bleeding), mastitis, thrombophlebitis, urinary tract infections, postnatal depression and wound healing problems-especially after cesarean delivery .
Objectives:
•	To assess the knowledge of post cesarean mothers on prevention of puerperal complications.
•	To find the association of knowledge of post	cesarean mothers on prevention of puerperal complications with the selected demographic variables.
•	To assess the knowledge of postnatal mothers on level of practices check list on puerperal complications
Methods: The research approach used for the present study was non experimental approach and cross sectional descriptive design was adopted non – probability convenient sampling technique was used .The setting of the study was Government maternity hospital, Tirupati The tool used in the study was structured questionnaire section – 1 consists of socio demographic data.
Section-2 consists of knowledge assessment questionnaire on prevention of puerperal complications among post cesarean mothers’ section -3 consists of knowledge assessment questionnaire on practices check list regarding puerperal complications among post cesarean mothers. questionnaire was developed under the guidance of experts, to establish the reliability, karl pearson correlation coefficient method was used. The tool was administered to 10 members. The reliability score was r= 0.74 which indicates the tool was highly reliable for final study. Prior permission was taken from medical superintendent maternity hospital, Tirupati. The final data were collected from 100 samples 11-7-2025 to 20-7-2025. Investigator introduced herself to mothers and explained the significance of the study.
Results: In this study out of 100 post cesarean mothers’ majority 66 (66%) had inadequate knowledge,25(25%) had moderate knowledge,9(9%) had adequate knowledge on selected puerperal complications the knowledge scores on puerperal complications among mothers had mean score 0.84. The association between the demographic variables with the level of knowledge on puerperal complications with variables of type of family and duration of the marital life were significant at 0.05 level and other variables were not had significant with the puerperal complications and item wise analysis done for the items present in the study.
Conclusions: It was concluded that the findings of the present study were the knowledge on puerperal complications there is a need to educate the mothers in rural and urban areas. Increase awareness about puerperal complications intensive enlightenment of population using the mass media by trained personnel is recommended.},
        keywords = {Knowledge, Prevention, Puerperal Complications, Postnatal Mothers, Caesarean Section.},
        month = {December},
        }