scholarly journals Evaluation of Effectiveness of Information Booklet Regarding Self-Care among Patients Receiving Chemotherapy in Selected Hospitals of Wardha and Nagpur, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (18) ◽  
pp. 1329-1333
Author(s):  
Mahima Dipak Panbude ◽  
Mayuri Manikrao Paropate ◽  
Mansi Vinod Pande ◽  
Priyanka Dayaram Pal ◽  
Chatur Kamlakar Patil ◽  
...  

BACKGROUND The incidence rate for cancer reflects the number of new cases occurring in a specific population during a year, expressed as the number of cancer diagnosis per 10,000 people. Cancer is globally a major cause of death and morbidity and is currently witnessing an exponential increase in the number of malignancies. The present study was conducted to assess the knowledge regarding self-care among patients receiving chemotherapy, to evaluate the effectiveness of information booklet regarding selfcare among patients receiving chemotherapy and to find out the association between knowledge score regarding self-care among patients receiving chemotherapy in selected hospitals. METHODS An experimental study was undertaken on 60 purposively selected patients receiving chemotherapy in selected hospitals of Wardha and Nagpur district. One group pretest post-test research design was used in the study. Data was collected by using structured questionnaire during the month of December 2019. The duration of study was for 5 months from October 2019 to February 2020. RESULTS The findings of the study show that 33.33 % patients had average knowledge score, 61.67 % patients had good knowledge score and 5 % patients had very good knowledge score in pre-test. Minimum knowledge score was 8 in pre-test and maximum knowledge score was 23 in pre-test. Mean knowledge score in pre-test was 15.53 ± 2.98 and mean percentage of knowledge score in pre-test was 44.38 ± 8.52. 11.67 % of patients had good knowledge score, 81.67 % of patients had very good knowledge score and 6.67 % of patients had excellent knowledge score in post-test. Minimum knowledge score was 20 in post-test and maximum knowledge score was 30 in the post-test. Mean knowledge score in pre-test was 24.61 ± 2.53 and mean percentage of knowledge score in post-test was 70.33 ± 7.25. It indicates that information booklet is effective in improving knowledge of patients receiving chemotherapy. CONCLUSIONS Patients receiving chemotherapy have average knowledge regarding chemotherapy self-care. After providing information booklet, there was a very significant increase in the knowledge. The combined ‘t’ test was assessed in all hospitals for value of pretest knowledge and post-test knowledge score. Thus, it is concluded that the booklet on chemotherapy self-care is effective in improving the knowledge of patients receiving chemotherapy. KEY WORDS Cancer, Chemotherapy, Effectiveness, Self-Care

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Neha Rehalia ◽  
Vivek Chaudhary

Background: Weaning is vital for the growth and development of infants and children. If a baby is to maintain the expected rate of growth and remain healthy and well nourished, supplementary feeding has to be resorted from the 6th month of age onwards to meet nutritional requirements. Aim: To evaluate the effect of planned teaching program on the knowledge regarding weaning among mothers of infants. Methods: Total s 60 mothers were included. Data was collected by using a self structured questionnaire. Results: Out of 60 mothers in pretest, 27 (45%) had poor, 33(55%) had average and no one (0%) had good knowledge score. Post test results revealed that no one (0%) had poor knowledge, 42(70%) scored average knowledge, 18(30%) achieved good knowledge. The improvement in the knowledge was statistically significant (P=0.0002) Conclusion: The planed teaching program utilized in the study had been found to be an effective tool for significantly improving the mother`s knowledge.


Author(s):  
Shaikh Azhar Haroon

Background: Coronary heart disease contributes much to the burden morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases globally and more than 80% of CVD-related deaths worldwide now occur in low and middle income countries. In India about 30 million adults suffer from cardiovascular disease. Objectives: To assess the knowledge of 3rd year G.N.M. students regarding coronary angiography and evaluate the effectiveness of informational booklet on knowledge regarding coronary angiography. Method: Pre-experimental research design was used for the study. Information booklet is dependent variable and knowledge of student nurses regarding coronary angiography is dependent variable. The setting of the study is at selected Schools of nursing at Vijayapur, Karnataka. Simple random sampling technique is used to select the subjects. The sample size is of 60 students. Result: In pre-test majority of subjects 30 (50%) had an average knowledge; 18 (30%) had poor knowledge and 12 (20%) had good knowledge, where as in post-test 51 (85%) of them had good knowledge and 09 (15%) had poor knowledge. Study also reveals that there is no association between pre-test knowledge and selected Socio demographic variables. Study also reveals that calculated paired‘t’ value (t= 26.48) is greater than tabulated value (t= 1.960). Hence H1 is accepted. This indicates that the gain in knowledge score is statistically significant at P< 0.05 levels. Conclusion: The findings of the study conclude that there is a need for educating the student nurses regarding coronary angiography. It implies that a nursing administrator should take part in developing protocols, standing orders related to design of the educational programmes and strategies for GNM Students regarding Coronary angiography.


Author(s):  
Sunitha P. ◽  
Sucy George

Hypertension (HTN) is an enormous health problem and is one of the biggest health challenges in the 21st century. Effective management in hypertension requires a multi-sectorial approach. Dietary management plays a vital role in managing blood pressure especially beetroot juice which contains nitrates helps in vasodilation thus reducing hypertension. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of information booklet on knowledge regarding hypertension and supplementation of beetroot juice among hypertensive patients and To find the association between mean pre-test knowledge score about hypertension and supplementation of beet root juice with the selected demographic variables. A pre-experimental one group, pre-test post-test design was used for the study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 30 hypertensive patients. The investigator assessed the knowledge regarding HTN and supplementation of beetroot juice in managing hypertension using structured knowledge questionnaire and then the information booklet was administered to the subjects. The collected data was analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The mean post-test knowledge score (x2=23.87) was higher than the mean pre-test knowledge score (x1=17.40). The mean difference between post-test and pre-test knowledge score was highly significant. The obtained ‘t’ value (11.75) is higher than the table value (t29=1.70 at p<0.05 level significance). There was no significant association between knowledge score and selected demographic variables like age, gender, religion, education, occupation, income, and duration of illness. (2=2.143, 2=0.536, 2=0.000, 2=0.536, 2=2.143, 2=0.133, 2=0.536). Hence it can be concluded that information booklet is an effective strategy for providing information and improving the knowledge of adult hypertensive patients.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 2997-3000
Author(s):  
Pratiksha Kamdi

Cataract is a significant cause of preventable blindness and vision impairment worldwide and is expected to pose a growing obstacle to health care systems as the population ages worldwide due to increased life expectancies. The aim of the study is to assess the effectiveness of post-operative self-care among cataract patients. To assess the existing knowledge regarding post-operative self-care among cataract patients. To assess the effectiveness of a planned teaching program on post-operative self-care among cataract patients. To associate post knowledge score with demographic variables. The study was based on a descriptive evaluative research approach. The population was all post-operative cataract patients. The subject consisted of 60. Study shows that in pre-test 27(45%) of subjects are having poor level of knowledge score, 32(53.33%) were having an average level of knowledge score, 1(6.66%) were having good, were having an excellent level of knowledge 0(0%), knowledge regarding post-operative self-care among cataract patient. And the minimum score is 1, the maximum score is 9, the mean score is 5.07±1.755 and mean percentage is 31.6876%. In post-test 0(0%) of subjects are having poor level of knowledge score, 0(0%) were having an average level of knowledge score, 25(41.66%) were having good, were having an excellent level of knowledge 35(58.33%) knowledge regarding post-operative self-care among cataract patient. And the minimum score is 10, the maximum score is 15, the mean score is 12.87±1.321, and the mean percentage is 80.4375%. The shows that there is a significant difference between pre-test and post-test knowledge scores interpreting effective planned teaching on knowledge regarding post-operative self-care among cataract patients. The mean value of the pre-test is 5.07 and post-test is 12.87 and standard deviation values of the pre-test are 1.755 and the post-test is 1.321. The calculated t-value is 31.754 and the tabulated t- value is 2.02 and the p-value is 0.000. the study was concluded that a planned teaching program is an effective method to improve the knowledge among the patients.


Author(s):  
Madhavi Madhukar Narayane ◽  
Savita Bansiram Pohekar

Introduction: Leukaemia is a blood cancer which affect the bone marrow. The cells of leukaemia or abnormal cells continue to grow and divide, resulting in the normal blood cells being crowded out. Thus, planned teaching on leukaemia management among patients with leukaemia would improve their health and mold them into a healthy quality of life. Aim: To determine the effectiveness of planned teaching program on management of leukaemia among leukaemia patients. Materials and Methods: The interventional one group pre-test and post-test study design with a Quantitative research approach was used. The present study was carried out in selected hospitals of Nagpur from January 2017 to March 2017. The sample size was 60. Validated pre-tested pre-designed structured questionnaires were used. Data collected were entered into the Microsoft Excel sheet. The statistical analysis was done using SPSS software. Frequencies and percentages were presented for categorical variables. Reliability analysis was done by the Guttman split-half coefficient and was found to be 0.90. Results: The pre-test findings show that 23 (38.33%) had a poor level of knowledge score, 31 (51.67%) had average knowledge and 06 (10%) of them had good knowledge and no one of them had found a very good level of knowledge. After planned teaching in the post-test, 12 (20%) had a good knowledge score and 48 (80%) had very good knowledge, showing an increase in the knowledge score, post-test. The Mean score value of the pre-test was 07.57 and the post-test was 21.13 (p-value is 0.001), Hence it indicates that planned teaching was effective. There was a significant association between knowledge scores of leukaemia patients with respect to education of leukaemia patients (p-value 0.014 i.e. <0.05) and area of residence (p-value 0.047 i.e. <0.05). Conclusion: The study showed that the leukaemia management education was successful in improving the awareness about management of leukaemia and thus helps them to understand the nature and management of the disease as well as to take the required measures to avoid complications.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 142-149
Author(s):  
Bedani Yumlembam ◽  
Arline Beshra

Background: Puerperal sepsis is a postpartum complication, occurs when a recently delivered mother gets an infection while giving birth due to unhygienic practices and poor quality healthcare. If not treated properly in time may lead to death. Lack of awareness among healthcare providers can lead to higher rates of infection. Objective: To assess the effectiveness of information booklet on knowledge regarding puerperal sepsis and its prevention among nurses working in selected hospitals of Kamrup (M), Assam. Methods: The pre experimental one group pre-test post-test research designed was adopted in the study. 100 nurses were selected as sample by using convenience sampling technique in selected hospitals of Kamrup (M), Assam. To assess the nurses’ knowledge regarding puerperal sepsis and its prevention structured knowledge questionnaire was used. Results: In pre-test, the mean knowledge score was 11.76 with standard deviation 2.90. In post-test, the mean knowledge score was 19.81 with standard deviation 1.96. The calculated paired t test value of t = 33.352 was found to be statistically significant at p<0.001. Hence, information booklet on puerperal sepsis was found to be effective in improving the knowledge regarding puerperal sepsis and its prevention. There was significant association between pre-test knowledge regarding puerperal sepsis and its prevention and educational qualification. Conclusions: Majority of the nurses gained knowledge after referring the information booklet. Hence, awareness program in regular period will help in improving knowledge regarding puerperal sepsis among nurses to provide quality health care for a healthy society. Key words: Knowledge, Information booklet, puerperal sepsis, prevention.


2021 ◽  
pp. 63-65
Author(s):  
Krinal Patel ◽  
Rani Shetty

Introduction: Acute respiratory tract infection contributes to one-fth of all under-ve deaths in developing countries which is around 12 million every year. According to WHO about 20% of deaths among children due to acute respiratory Infections could be reduced by seeking prompt and appropriate care. Material and Methods: A Pre-experimental, one group pre-test post-test design with a quantitative research approach was utilized to test the proposed hypotheses. 60 mothers of under-ve children were selected by nonprobability convenience sampling technique. Data was collected by structured knowledge questionnaire and Inventory checklist to assess the knowledge & Practices of mothers of under-ve children regarding home remedies used for management of upper respiratory tract infections. The data were analyzed and hypotheses were tested using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result: In pre-test, 75 percent of the mothers of under-ve children had good knowledge score, 23 percent of them had very good knowledge score, and 2 percent of them had excellent knowledge score. And 43 percent of them had good and very good practice score, 14 percent of them had excellent practice score. In post-test, 52 percent of the mothers of under-ve children had very good knowledge score, 48 percent of them had excellent knowledge score. And 58 percent of them had very good practice score, 42 percent of them had excellent practice score. Conclusion:Structured teaching programme was an effective method of teaching the mothers of under-ve children regarding uses of home remedies for management of URTIs.


2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Hanan Elzeblawy Hassan

Background: Toxoplasmosis is a major opportunistic infection caused by single cell protozoan from the Coccidia family. Up to 95% of infected individuals remain asymptomatic, nevertheless, it may be a leading cause of foodborne illness-related hospitalisation and death. Primo-infection can cross the placental barrier and cause life-threatening sequelae for the fetus leading to miscarriage, hydrocephalus and, retinochoroiditis. Moreover, the infection may cause infertility, endometritis, and uterine atrophy and, impaired folliculogenesis for the mother.Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of an educational program on perception and anxiety level regarding toxoplasmosis among seropositive pregnant women in Beni-Suef in Egypt.Subjects and methods: A quasi-experimental design was used with 50 seropositive pregnant women attending the inpatient/outpatient antenatal care units. Tools: A structured knowledge questionnaire, pre-test/post-test/retained test knowledge assessment sheet and Zung’s self-rating anxiety scale.Results: Pre-program 96% of women scored poor knowledge and no participants (0.00%) reported severe anxiety; whereas, immediately post-program 70% of women scored good knowledge and 84% reported severe anxiety. After implementation of the program, all women (100%) gained a good knowledge score while 48% of them reported severe anxiety. Significant association between mean knowledge scores and demographic variables (p < .0001) was found.Conclusions: Although the program is effective to enhance women’s perception regarding Toxoplasmosis, it exaggerated the anxiety level for pregnant women. A negative association was found between women’s perception and anxiety level, however, this relation was not significant.Recommendations: Implementation of health education programs aimed at primary prevention of toxoplasmosis is recommended for all women of childbearing age.


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 5259-5263
Author(s):  
Dayana. B. A. A

Gastro esophageal reflux disease (GERD) is one of the common gastrointestinal complaints presented in developing and developed countries. Barrett’s esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma are the major complications of GERD. A Quantitative research approach, pre-experimental one group pre-test post-test design was used to conduct the study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding the management and prevention of complications of Gastro esophageal reflux disease (GERD) among patients with GERD. A total of 60 Samples were selected by non-probability purposive sampling technique. A pretest was done using a semi-structured questionnaire, followed by which, a structured teaching programme was provided. A post-test using a same semi-structured questionnaire was given to the same samples. Before STP, 76.7% of the subjects had an inadequate level of knowledge score, and none of them had an adequate level of knowledge score. But after the pedagogical way of effective STP, none of the patients had an inadequate level of knowledge score, 16.7% of them had moderate and 83.3% of them had an adequate level of knowledge score. Elder and graduated subjects were significantly associated with their post-test level of knowledge score regarding management and prevention of complications of GERD. The study proved that STP was immensely effective for the patients with GERD (c2=58.00 at P=0.001 level of significance) attending the Gastroenterology outpatient department at RGGGH, Chennai.


Author(s):  
Durga Joshi ◽  
Sonia Bisht ◽  
Shweta Panwar ◽  
Priyanka Negi ◽  
Aarti Dharwan ◽  
...  

Background: An experimental study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding polycystic ovarian disease (PCOD) among adolescent girls.Methods: The research design adopted for the study was one group pre – test post – test design and approach was educative and evaluative approach. This study was undertaken in village of Sursinghdhar, New Tehri, Uttarakhand, India. The data were collected through the questionnaire method with sample size 60 adolescent girls.Results: Findings related to the assessment of pre-test knowledge regarding PCOD depicted that 48.4% of the respondents had average knowledge while 43.3% had poor knowledge. Only 8.3% had good knowledge regarding PCOD. The pretest mean and Sd was 10.1±4.0. Post-test knowledge regarding PCOD depicted that 81.7% of respondents had good knowledge whereas 16.7% and 1.6% reported average and poor knowledge. The post test mean and SD was 19.0±2.8. Effectiveness of PTP on knowledge regarding PCOD among adolescent girls was calculated by paired t- test; and value was 24.1 with p value of 0.001 (S) at ≤0.05 level of significance. It was highly significant. Chi square test revealed that there was significant association between pre-test knowledge score with age (p value 0.02) and previous knowledge socio-demographic variable p value 0.05 at ≤0.05 level of significanceConclusions: The overall findings of the study clearly shows that the pretest knowledge was very less related to PCOD and there is the statistically enhancement in post-test knowledge after PTP. It reveals that, if the adolescent girls are provided regular awareness programme on PCOD will definitely brief up their knowledge, which in turn to improve the total quality of one’s reproductive health.


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