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

NCT05132608 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 106/20
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 229
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Unrecognized Condition

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• PNC knowledge assessment

  The investigators adopted knowledge assessment questionnaire from the hospital-based cross-sectional study conducted to determine the knowledge of postnatal care among postpartum mothers during discharge in maternity hospitals in Asmara

  3 months

Study Arms (2)

Social Media

EXPERIMENTAL

social media based health education program developed using Health belief model

Other: Social media-based Health education program

Usual care

NO INTERVENTION

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

Interventions

Social media-based Health education program 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.

Social Media

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 45 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

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

You may not qualify if:

• learning difficulties(dementia) or vision impairment

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences: lead

Study Sites (1)

Kalpana Chaudhary

Dhulikhel, Bagmati, 11008, Nepal

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Shaye R, Schwaninger B, Hoffman D. Activator construction simplified. J Clin Orthod. 1979 Nov;13(11):773-8. No abstract available.

  PMID: 298290 RESULT

• Chaudhary K, Nepal J, Shrestha K, Karmacharya M, Khadka D, Shrestha A, Shakya PR, Rawal S, Shrestha A. Effect of a social media-based health education program on postnatal care (PNC) knowledge among pregnant women using smartphones in Dhulikhel hospital: A randomized controlled trial. PLoS One. 2023 Jan 20;18(1):e0280622. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280622. eCollection 2023.

  PMID: 36662821 DERIVED

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 11, 2021
• First Posted: November 24, 2021
• Study Start: May 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: August 15, 2021
• Study Completion: August 15, 2021
• Last Updated: September 5, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

NE (1)