The effectiveness of training through mobile on the practice of midwives in the management of pre-eclampsia

Abstract

Preeclampsia is associated with Maternal and fetal complications included intrauterine growth restriction, preterm delivery and fetal mortality risk. With provided proper training during pregnancy many of these risks can be prevented.This study aimed to determine the effect of administration of pre-eclampsiatraining via mobile on the knowledge and practice of midwives. In this quasi-experimental study 90 midwives working in six maternity hospitals were randomly divided into two groups.Both groups before and after intervention completed knowledge and practice questionnaire regarding management of pre-eclampsia.The intervention consisted of training required cases by mobile educational software installed on the test group.The collected data were analyzed using statistical software SPSS (Ver. 22). Results showed that the midwives mean score of knowledge about the management of pre-eclampsia before intervene between Test group (60.8) and control group (61) were not significantly different (P=0.95), But after the intervention in the experimental group (74.5) was significantly (P=0.006) more than the control group (63.2).The mean of midwives practice scores in the management of pre-eclampsia before the intervention in the control group was72.3 and in the intervention group was73.1which there were no significant difference, But after intervention the mean performance of the experimental group (84.4) significantly (0.004) more than the control group (73.5). Training via educational software using a mobile phone to midwife can increase theirknowledge and practice ofpreeclampsia in administration.