A study to assess the effect of planned teaching on Knowledge and Practices regarding prevention of Acute Myocardial Infarction among the Police personnel in Mumbai city

Ms. Archana Badhe (Naware); Dr Nilima V Sonawane

Volume : VIII, Issue : XII, December - 2018

A study to assess the effect of planned teaching on Knowledge and Practices regarding prevention of Acute Myocardial Infarction among the Police personnel in Mumbai city

Ms. Archana Badhe Naware , Dr Nilima V Sonawane

Abstract :

In India heart disease is the single largest cause of death and heart attacks being responsible for one third of all deaths caused by heart diseases. According to a projection by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), India will not only be the ‘heart attack capital’ but also the capital of diabetes and hypertension by 2020.The Stress, excessive workload, irregular meals, lack of proper exercise, are the reasons behind the heart ailments . Health is not something that one possesses as a commodity, but connotes rather a way of functioning within one‘s environment (work, recreation, and living). The work environment constitutes an important part of man‘s total environment, so health to a large extent is affected by work conditions. Occupational environment too plays a major role on the health of the exposed. The health hazards get more severe when the duration of exposure increases. This fact is more important in situations as the personnel engaged in police duty. These personnel have to undergo tremendous physical strain, stress and longer duty hours.

The aforementioned factors pose as a health hazard. Still little has been done to assess their health status and suggest preventive measures for the upliftment of their health. The objective of study is to find out the effect of planned teaching on knowledge and practices regarding the prevention of acute myocardial infarction among police personnel in the Mumbai city.

METHODOLOGY: An evaluative approach and one group pre–test and post–test design was used to conduct the study. The sampling technique used was non profitability convenience sampling. Sample size of 100 was selected. The data was collected using self–administered structured questionnaire. Data was analysed using frequency percentage‘t’ test and ANOVA.

RESULTS: Most cops among the 100 personnel were not aware of the heart diseases, symptoms of heart attack and seeking immediate medical attention is essential to prevent death due to heart attacks and also to lessen the amount of damage to the heart and the preventive measures. There was a significant difference between mean score of pre and post–test knowledge score on the myocardial infarction at 0.05 levels thus, the null hypothesis (H₀) is rejected and the alternative hypothesis (H₁) is accepted.

CONCLUSION: Overall, the study revealed that the planned teaching programme is an effective method for improving the knowledge and practices of the police personnel regarding myocardial infarction and its preventive measures.