A STUDY TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE ON ILL EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL AMONG ADULT MALES, IN A SELECTED AREA, AT KANCHIPURAM DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU.

Ms.V.Gomathi; Ms. R.Jancy; Mrs. N.Thivya

Volume : VII, Issue : VIII, August - 2017

A STUDY TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE ON ILL EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL AMONG ADULT MALES, IN A SELECTED AREA, AT KANCHIPURAM DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU.

Ms. V. Gomathi, Ms. R. Jancy, Mrs. N. Thivya

Abstract :

Alcohol is one of the most widely used drug substances in the world. The lack of knowledge regarding ill effects of alcohol among adult males is the most common for late identification and increases the mortality rate of ill effects of alcohol. Therefore a study was to assess the level of knowledge on ill effects of alcohol among adult males in selected areas at Kanchipuram district, Tamilnadu, India. The objectives are to assess the level of knowledge on ill effects of alcohol among adult males and to determine association between socio demographic variables with knowledge related to ill effects of alcohol among adult males. A non–experimental, descriptive study was used to conduct the study. The study sample consist of total 70 adult males which was selected by Simple random sampling . Data was analysed by inferential statistics and presented through tables and figures. Findings revealed that Variables like marital status and monthly income were found to be significant. and the other variables like age of the males, Educational status and occupation were found to be non–significant. Regarding the knowledge majority of the adult males having moderate knowledge was 36(50%), inadequate knowledge was 33(47.14%), and Adequate knowledge was 1(2%). Mean value (9.45), and standard deviation (SD) (0.309%) are as follows.