Volume : V, Issue : VII, July - 2015

Effectiveness of Structured teaching programme on level of knowledge of Autism Spectrum disorder among students nurses

Sheela Upendra

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 Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is pervasive and lifelong neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impaired socialization, impaired verbal and nonverbal communication, and restricted interests and repetitive patterns of behaviour.One group pretest– posttest research design adopted for the study. The hypothesis stated that there would be significant difference between the pre–test and post–test knowledge among student nurses on Autism Spectrum disorder.Non probability convenience sampling technique adopted. T–value was found to be 9.72 with 59 degrees of freedom and tabular t value is 2.004, calculated value is greater than tabular value .The value of p is < 0.00001. The result is significant at p, ≤ 0.05the null hypothesis H0 is rejected and hence H1 is accepted. Summary : The present study involved structured teaching programme on Autism Spectrum disorder to student nurses. Conducted pre test and after teaching programme post test administered followed one week. Structured teaching programme has improved the knowledge of student nurses significantly

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Sheela Upendra Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Level of Knowledge of Autism Spectrum Disorder Among Students Nurses Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 7 July 2015

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