ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON THE LEVELS OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND EXPRESSED PRACTICES REGARDING BREAST CANCER AMONG WOMEN AT SRI NARAYANI HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE, THIRUMALAIKODI, VELLORE.

Prof. Mrs.Sudha.R.; Dr.P.Pandiammal.

Volume : IX, Issue : IV, April - 2019

ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON THE LEVELS OF KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND EXPRESSED PRACTICES REGARDING BREAST CANCER AMONG WOMEN AT SRI NARAYANI HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE, THIRUMALAIKODI, VELLORE.

Prof. Mrs. Sudha. R. , Dr. P. Pandiammal.

Abstract :

Breast cancer is a global health problem and also the leading cause of death inlow – resourced countries. The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on the levels of knowledge, attitude and expressed practices regarding east cancer among women at Sri Narayani Hospital and Research Centre, Vellore. A Quantitative approach with one group pre and post test pre experimental research design was adopted. By using convenient sampling technique, 100 women were selected. The results revealed that regarding the effectiveness of structured teaching programme, the pretest knowledge mean score was 12.55 ± 3.17 and the posttest knowledge mean score was 16.8 ± 2.65. The calculated paired “t” test value, 7.78 was higher than the table value 2 which wassignificant at p<0.05 level. The pretest attitude mean score was 39.33 ± 6.42 and the posttest mean score was 40.17 ± 4.90. The calculated paired “t” test value, 0.46 was higher than the table value 2 which was significant at p<0.05 level. The pretest expressed practices mean score was 4.44 ± 3.1 and the posttest mean score was 6.48 ± 1.47. The calculated paired “t” test value, 2.37 was higher than the table value 2 which was significant at p<0.05 level. The study concluded that, there was significant increase in the level of knowledge, favourable attitude and good expressed practices of women after the structured teaching programme. This shows that the structured teaching programme was effective for early detection of east cancer.