The Effect of E-learning Education on Primipar Women’s Knowledge about Neonatal Care

Introduction e-learning is there to enhance knowledge of patients and  can provide an efficient way to enhance personnel-patient interaction and provide patient-specific education. so the aim of this study was to compare the effect of two educational methods, e-learning (multimedia) and painted booklet on primipar women’s knowledge about neonatal care.methods this was a quasi-experimental study based on pre- and post- tests that were carried out on 100 primipar women in isfahan during the years 2012-2013. participants were divided into two groups of e-learning or painted booklet learning, randomly. participants’ knowledge scores were collected via a researcher-made questionnaire. spss version 11.5 was used to conduct statistical tests such as independent t-test and paired t-test for analyzing the data. the significance level was considered less than 0.05. results before training, the mean score of knowledge of the e-learning education group was 5.4±1.2 and 5.5±1.2 for the painted booklet group; the difference between mean scores was not significant. at the end of the study, this score was 9.54±1.1 for the e-learning group and 6.5±1.2 for the painted booklet group and the difference was statistically significant (p< 0.01). also increase in the rate of knowledge in the  e-learning group and the painted booklet group was 56% and 30%, respectively.  conclusion this study showed that passing the e-learning training course could better improve knowledge  of mothers about neonatal care  than the painted booklet. so, different aspects of e-learning, including computer literacy, infrastructure of telecommunications should be revisited.