International Journal of Nursing Education

Abstract

Background and objectives

Bronchial asthma is one of the most prevalent disorders of childhood which has a lasting impact on the growth and development of children. In a developing country like India, it has resulted in a spiraling rise in health care costs for children. So it is imperative that mothers of asthmatic children have adequate knowledge regarding asthma and its management so that they are able to take preventive steps.

Objectives of the study

1. To assess the pretest knowledge on bronchial asthma and its management among mothers of asthmatic children. 2. To assess the posttest knowledge on bronchial asthma and its management among mothers of asthmatic children. 3. To assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on bronchial asthma and its management among mothers of asthmatic children. 4. To associate pretest knowledge on bronchial asthma and its management among mothers of asthmatic children with their selected demographic variable.

Methodology

A quantitative approach was used to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding bronchial asthma and its management among mothers of asthmatic children. The research design for the study was quasi experimental one group pretest posttest design. Samples of 60 mothers of asthmatic children were selected for the study using non probability convenient sampling technique. A structured knowledge questionnaire was used to collect the data from the mothers before and after the administration of the structured teaching program on knowledge regarding bronchial asthma and its management among mothers of asthmatic children. The tool for the data collected was validated by the experts and reliability was established using split half method. Pilot study was conducted to determine the feasibility of the study following which the main study was done. Ethical and legal parameters were taken into consideration throughout the study. The data collected were tabulated and analyzed using frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation, chi-square test and paired't' test.

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