Jain Philip conducted a descriptive study to assess the knowledge and practice regarding

urinary tract infection during pregnancy among 80 antenatal mothers at Sreeramapuram antenatal
clinic in Bangalore city. The overall mean knowledge was 4.3%. SD was 15.2%. However, the
range in the mean knowledge was found to be between 31.3% to 69.4%. The study shows that a
more than half of respondents (57.5%) knowledge level was inadequate. The relationship
between knowledge and practice was found to be positive and significant (r=+0.745). The result
establishes the fact that the higher the knowledge better is the practice of the respondent in
prevention of UTI (P>0.05).6

The above study shows that the antenatal women have less knowledge regarding urinary tract
infection and its preventive measures. The investigator, during her clinical experience in
Bangalore came across many pregnant ladies diagnosed with UTI and found that they have lack
of knowledge regarding UTI & its preventive measures. It was also noted that most of these
cases were from rural areas. Hence the investigator felt that there is a need to conduct a
comparative study on the basis of the knowledge and attitude of urban and rural pregnant
mothers towards preventive measures of Urinary tract infection. The study also focuses to
construct and distributeSelf-instructional module regarding UTI and its prevention in pregnancy
aiming to decrease its incidence among antenatal women.