Effectiveness of self-instructional module on knowledge and attitude regarding complementary feeding among mothers of infants at Gangtok, East Sikkim

Abstract

Background: Complementary feeding is a process that begins when breast milk alone is no longer sufficient to meet the nutritional needs of the baby and, as a result, other foods are needed in addition to breast milk. The aim of this study was to assess the pre- and post- test knowledge and attitudes of the infant's mother and to determine the effectiveness of the self-instructional module for knowledge and attitudes and to determine the relationships between pre-test knowledge with their selected demographic variables.Methods: This is a Quantitative Pre-experimental, One-group pre-test post-test design research with the sample size of 152 mothers of infants from aged 4-6 months who were selected using non-probability purposive sampling from Gangtok, East Sikkim. Data was collected through demographic proforma, Semi-structured knowledge questionnaire and 5-point Likert scale for which validity and reliability was established and self-instructional module on complementary feeding was provided to mothers of infants.Result: In Pre-test 96(63.2% poor knowledge, 54(35.5%) average knowledge and only 2(1.3%) had good knowledge where as in post-test majority 133(87.5%) had good knowledge, 19(12.5%) had average knowledge and in Pre-test level of attitude majority 136(89.5%) had positive attitude and 16(10.5%) had negative attitude and in post-test 152(100%) had positive attitude towards complementary feeding and for finding the effectiveness of self-instructional module on knowledge and attitude mean post-test score of mothers were greater than the table value which was found statistically highly significant at p