Volume : VIII, Issue : XII, December - 2018

EFFECTIVENESS OF SELF INSTRUCTIONAL MODULE ON SELF CARE MANAGEMENT OF ASTHMA

P. Ponnarasi

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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE STUDY:

Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases worldwide . The most common reasons are non adherence to treatment, poor knowledge and skills in disease management . One of the

primary goals of this study is to educate the patients with asthma regarding self care activities of asthma. Hence the investigator decided to evaluate the knowledge level among patients with asthma and educate to follow self care activities. OBJECTIVES 1) To assess the existing level of knowledge regarding self care activities of asthma among patients with asthma.2) To evaluate the effectiveness of self instructional module on knowledge regarding self care activities of asthma among patients with asthma.3) To determine the association between the pre–test levels of knowledge regarding self care activities of asthma with their selected demographic variables. DESIGN: One group pre test –post test pre experimental design was selected for the study. SUBJECTS: The participants were  60 patients with asthma admitted in selected hospitals, Bangalore. SAMPLING METHOD: A purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample of the study. DATA COLLECTION TOOL: A structured knowledge questionnaire was used to collect data from the subjects. DATA ANALYSIS: The obtained data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics and interpreted in terms of objectives and hypotheses of the study. The level of significance was set at 0.05 levels. RESULT: In the pre test, the subjects had low level of knowledge with a mean score 18.56 with SD 1.35. Further, the mean post test knowledge found to be 29.46 with SD 1.29. However, the enhancement was proved as mean score of 8.53 and SD of 1.64. Further, the paired t–test value of 2.9662** shows statistical significance at level 1% establishing the effectiveness of self instructional module on self care activities of asthma among patients with asthma. A significant association was found between gender  (χ  2=6.0328*),  educational level(χ  2=  9.1369*), occupation(χ  2=  19.5657**)dietary pattern(χ 2=6.8899**), and Duration of medicine intake(χ 2=11.4713**) at 1% & 5%   level of significance. CONCLUSION: These findings indicate that the structure teaching programme was effective in enhancing the knowledge of the patients with asthma regarding self care activities of asthma.

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EFFECTIVENESS OF SELF INSTRUCTIONAL MODULE ON SELF CARE MANAGEMENT OF ASTHMA, P.PONNARASI , INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-12 | December-2018

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