A STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF GINGER WITH HONEY TEA ON REDUCTION OF MORNING SICKNESS AMONG FIRST TRIMESTER PRIMI ANTE NATAL MOTHERS IN SELECTED HOSPITAL, AT KRISHNAGIRI

Mrs.R. Kalaima
Page No.11-17

Motherhood is an inevitable part of a woman’s life. It’s a natural law that a woman should carry her baby in her womb for 9 months and to undergo the process of labour. According to WHO, in World the total fertility rate was 2.7 and total fertility rate in India was 3.1 in the year 2000-2005. According to UNICEF data, in India the antenatal care coverage percentage in the year 2005-2006 was 74% and 47% of birth attended by skilled health personnel. According to Census of India, in Karnataka female population constitutes 49.11% of total population and the total fertility rate is 2. Methods: In this study a quasi-experimental non-randomized control group pretest post-test design was adopted.
Results: The data was analysed through descriptive and inferential statistics. To evaluate the effectiveness of ginger with honey tea on reduction of morning sickness paired’ test was used. The control group calculated’ test p value was 1.79 which is not significant at P<0.05 level. The experimental group calculated’ test p value was 11.1 which is significant at P<0.001 level. In comparing post test scores of experimental group and control group calculated ‘t’ test value for 7.84 which was significant at P<0.001 level. Hence H1 was accepted. Conclusion: The finding of the study revealed that ginger tea was effective in reducing the morning sickness among first trimester primi ante natal mothers in experimental group than control group.
Keywords: Effectiveness; Ginger with honey tea; morning sickness; antenatal mothers.