A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING HAZARDS OF BEVERAGES TOXICITY AMONG STUDENTS IN A SELECTED NURSING COLLEGE AT CHENNAI

Mrs.Vahithamala.K

Volume : IX, Issue : I, January - 2019

A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING HAZARDS OF BEVERAGES TOXICITY AMONG STUDENTS IN A SELECTED NURSING COLLEGE AT CHENNAI

Mrs. Vahithamala. K

Abstract :

A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding hazards of beverages toxicity among students in a selected Nursing college at Chennai. The pre experimental research design was selected as research design. The sample comprised of 40 students who were selected by purposive sampling technique. The structured questionnaire was prepared and validated by Medical and Nursing experts. It comprises of demographic profile and 25 multiple choice questionnaire. Reliability of the tool was checked by using test retest technique. The reliability score was 0.981. It indicates positive correlation of the tool. After the pilot study the data collection procedure was done. The study was conducted for 4 weeks. The pre–test was conducted by administering structured questionnaire. The structured teaching programme was given by using LCD projector for 45 minutes, On the 15th day following the teaching investigator conducted the post–test by using same questionnaire. The data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The significant findings regarding knowledge in pre–test among 40 samples, majority of the samples 30(75%) had moderately adequate knowledge ,9(22.5%) had inadequate knowledge and 1(2.5%) had adequate knowledge. In post–test majority of the samples 34(85%) gained adequate knowledge on hazards of beverages toxicity. The findings shows that overall mean score in pre–test was 10.9 and in post–test was 19.7 and overall mean difference was 8.8. Regarding the overall mean knowledge score the ‘t’ value was 2.478, the ‘p’ value was p>0.05, which shows that highly significant. Hence the research hypothesis was accepted at 0.05 level of significance. The association of pre and post–test level of knowledge with selected demographic variables showed that there was no significant association between the level of knowledge and the selected demographic variables. The findings of the study concluded that structured teaching programme was very effective in improving the knowledge of the samples on hazards of beverages toxicity.