Effect of a Social Media-based Health Education Program on Postnatal Care (PNC) Knowledge Among Pregnant Women Using Smartphones in Dhulikhel Hospital

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

229 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-05-01

Study Completion Date

2021-08-15

Brief Summary

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Its an interventional study conducted to assess the effect of social media-based health education program on PNC knowledge among pregnant women attending Dhulikhel hospital, Nepal.

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Detailed Description

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The study is a two-arm open-label randomized controlled trial conducted among literate pregnant visiting Dhulikhel hospital for ANC check-up. A computer-based program allocated 229 pregnant women owning smartphone with internet connectivity in a 1:1 ratio to either intervention (n=109) or usual care (n=120). The investigators assessed PNC knowledge in the participants by interviewing in-person or via phone; questionnaire was adopted from the previous study conducted to determine the knowledge of postnatal care among postpartum mothers in Asmara; that contained 20 knowledge questions with a maximum possible score of 61. The questionnaire was translated and pretested in Nepali, with the Cronbach alpa of 0.83. The intervention group received a 16 minutes video developed by using Health belief model via social media and the participants were reminded to view the video every week via telephone for a month. Control group received usual care. The primary outcome of the study was PNC knowledge score. The investigators utilized intent-to-treat analysis and measured the effect of the intervention on PNC knowledge score using linear regression analysis.

Conditions

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Unrecognized Condition

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Social Media

social media based health education program developed using Health belief model

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Social media-based Health education program

Intervention Type OTHER

The social media-based health education program consist of 16 minute PNC video in Nepali language guided by Health Belief Model. The video provided general information on postnatal care including frequency, timing, and place providing postnatal care; danger signs of mother and newborn; different services provided at each PNC visit, and the importance of PNC visit. The researcher sent PNC videos through instant messaging (IM) software applications such as Viber, What's App, and Facebook messenger to the intervention group.

Usual care

physical assessment of maternal and foetal wellbeing, screening, treatment, and receiving preventive measures

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Social media-based Health education program

The social media-based health education program consist of 16 minute PNC video in Nepali language guided by Health Belief Model. The video provided general information on postnatal care including frequency, timing, and place providing postnatal care; danger signs of mother and newborn; different services provided at each PNC visit, and the importance of PNC visit. The researcher sent PNC videos through instant messaging (IM) software applications such as Viber, What's App, and Facebook messenger to the intervention group.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* literate pregnant women
* owned a smartphone
* used social media (either What's App, Viber, or Facebook)
* had internet connectivity (WIFI or mobile data)