Effectiveness of nurse led intervention on level of stress and physiological parameter among antenatal mother with pregnancy induced hypertension

Background/Objective: Pregnancy is one of the wonderful and noble services by nature. Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (PIH) is a condition which can affect the health of mother and baby. In India, the incidence of pregnancy induced hypertension ranges is from 5-15%. Due to PIH the mother may get chance to stay in hospital for a longer duration, which leads to increased stress in the mother. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of Nurse Led Intervention to reduce stress and Physiological parameter (blood pressure) among antenatal mothers with PIH.
Materials and Methods: Quasi Experimental Research Design (one group Pre- test and Posttest) method was adopted. 50 antenatal mothers with Pregnancy induced hypertension were selected using simple random sampling technique. Nurse Led intervention is given in the form of structured teaching programme on the basis of causes, risk factors, prevention and management of PIH for 15 minutes and selected pranayama (Chandranadi pranayama and pranava pranayama) for 15 minutes daily for 7 days. Pre and post test data was done by COHEN perceived stress scale and sphygmomanometer.
Results: The results revealed that the pre and posttest mean stress value was 23.94 and 13.54 respectively. The obtained paired ‘t’ test value was 13.547. The pretest and posttest physiological parameter (Blood Pressure) mean value was 107.64 and 97.54 respectively. The obtained paired ‘t’ test value was 7.189. It was highly statistically significant at p <0.001 level. It indicates that there was reduction in the level of stress and physiological Parameter (Blood Pressure).
Conclusion: The present study findings reveal that the Nurse Led Intervention was effective method on reducing the level of stress and physiological parameters among antenatal mother with PIH.