Asian Journal of Nursing Education and Research

Neha Patel ¹, H. N. Ravindra ¹

Affiliations
1 Sumandeep Nursing College, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Piparia, Vadodara-391760 Gujarat, IN

Abstract

Introduction: According to WHO (1994) Diabetes Mellitus is characterised by hyperglycaemia and disturbance of the carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism that is associated with the absolute or relative deficiencies of insulin action or secretion. India has now been declared by WHO as the diabetes capital of the world. The choice of treatment and complaints is important for the metabolic control to be achieved by the diabetic patients. While diet, exercise and oral drugs are useful in controlling diabetes in many patients, it is now recognized that a large number of Type 2 diabetic patients require insulin therapy. The number of adults with diabetes in the world will rise from 135 million in 1995 to 300 million in the year 2025. The major part of this numerical increase will occur in developing countries.

Objectives: The objectives of the study were to determine the level of knowledge on prevention of complications of diabetic mellitus, evaluate the effectiveness of health education program in terms of gain in knowledge score among diabetes veterans, and find an association between level of pre test knowledge of diabetes veterans with their selected demographic variables.

Materials and methods: An evaluative research approach with pre-experimental one group pre-test and posttest design was used. 40 samples were collected by using convenient method from jalaram seva trust and community old age home care. Tool consisted of 6 demographical variables and 30 structured questioners was administered before and after HEP. The reliability of the tool was established by using test retest method. Data was analzed using inferential and descriptive statistics.

Result: Paired sample t-test revealed that the mean posttest knowledge score regarding prevention of complications of DM was significantly higher (24.23 ± 3.69) than that of mean pretest knowledge score (15.63 ± 3.91) (P< 0.05). Computed T value 12.908 is higher than table value t99 at P< 0.05. Hence hypothesis is accepted and thus shows that HEP was highly effective in increasing knowledge of prevention of complications of DM among Diabetes veterans.

Conclusion: The study finding revealed that health education programme was highly effective in improving knowledge of prevention of complications of DM in Diabetes veterans.

Keywords

Impact, Knowledge, Health Education Programme, Diabetes Mellitus, Diabetes Veterans.

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Sandeep Garg ¹, Arpan Pandya ², H. N. Ravindra ¹

Affiliations
1 Sumandeep Nursing College, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Piparia, Vadodara-391760, Gujarat, IN
2 Department of Child Health Nursing, Sumandeep Nursing College, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Piparia, Vadodara-391760, Gujarat, IN

Abstract

Background: Children are the most important asset and wealth of a nation. Healthy children make a healthy nation. The children under 15 years of age constitute about 40% of the population. The child is not a miniature, but an individual in his own right. The quality of childhood one has lived will determine the ultimate nature of the adulthood. Now a day, because of the rapid industrialization and urbanization, majority of young couples are employed, so unavoidably they get less time to look after their children. Under these circumstances, emotional, behavior and psychiatric problems are on the rise. Aims and objectives: The study aimed at assessing the knowledge of Primary school teachers regarding Selected Common Behavioural Problems of Children, evaluate the effectiveness of Structure Teaching Programme on Selected Common Behavioural Problems of Children and find out association between pre test knowledge score and selected demographic variables. Material and Methods: A one group pre-test post-test pre-experimental design and evaluative approach was adopted. The study was conducted among 60 primary school teachers conveniently selected from five primary schools of Vadodara. Results: The results of the study shows that in pre test, primary school teachers were having on average 49.40% knowledge regarding selected common behavioral problems of children and mean score was 14.82±3.372 and in post test, average 75.83% knowledge regarding regarding selected common behavioral problems of children and mean score was 22.75±2.802. T calculated value is 33.233 which is more than the tabulated value of 2.00 at 0.05 level of significance. Conclusion: This study concluded that structure teaching program is effective tools to improve the knowledge of primary school teachers regarding Selected Common Behavioural Problems of Children.

Keywords

Assess, Effectiveness, Knowledge, Structured Teaching Programme, Selected Common Behavioral Problems of Children, Primary School Teachers.

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