Background: Minor ailments/disorders are only minor as much as they are not life
threatening. As soon as a women become pregnant and experience that fatigue of early
pregnancy coupled with nausea and vomiting. A minor ailment may escalate and become a
serious complication of pregnancy. They are heart burn, excessive salivation, pica,
constipation, back ache, cramps, frequency of micturition, leucorrhea, fainting and insomnia.
Aims of this study are to: evaluate the effect of utilization of nursing guideline and assisted
teaching videos on knowledge& self-care reported practice for alleviation of minor ailments
among primigravida mothers through the following; assessing the knowledge and self-care
practice of them& designing and implementing these guideline and teaching videos
according to women' needs and finally evaluating the impact of these on knowledge and
personal - care practice regarding management of minor discomfort. Subjects and Methods:
Research design: quasi- experimental design was used to the current research. Setting: The
study was conducted at Obstetric Outpatient clinics at zagazig University Hospital, Subjects:
a total of 100 primigravida mothers were recruited in the study. Tools of data collection:
Three tools were used for data collection; structured interviewing questionnaire, knowledge
assessment questionnaire & self-care reported practice assessment questionnaire .Results:
results indicated that the score of mothers' knowledge and practice before and after the
program implementation was satisfactory with statistically significant differences.
Conclusion: The study concluded that, the knowledge & self-reported practice level of the
pregnant mothers under the study were significant improved regarding the management of
minor discomforts by using standard nursing guideline& video assisted teaching.
Recommendations: based on the findings of this research the following recommendations
are suggested: awareness campaigns & developing and implementing in the department of
obstetrics & gynecology to support pregnant women in order to alleviate minor discomfort
during pregnancy.