ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PROPHYLACTIC MEASURES IN PREVENTION OF DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS AMONG PATIENTS CONFINED TO BED IN TERTIARY HOSPITAL, CHENNAI, TAMILNADU, INDIA

Angelin Esti; Ms.PushpakalaJagannathan; Mrs.Malathy

Volume : IV, Issue : VIII, August - 2015

ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PROPHYLACTIC MEASURES IN PREVENTION OF DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS AMONG PATIENTS CONFINED TO BED IN TERTIARY HOSPITAL, CHENNAI, TAMILNADU, INDIA

Angelin Esti, Ms. Pushpakalajagannathan, Mrs. Malathy

Abstract :

Aim: To assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme regarding knowledge of prophylactic measures in prevention of Deep vein Thrombosis among patients confined to bed in Tertiary hospital, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India Methods and Materials: A preexperimental research with one group pre test post test design was used for this study. The study was conducted in medical and surgical wards in Chettinad hospital and research institute,Kanchipuram Dist, Tamilnadu. The population consists of patients confined to bed during the study period. The sample was 50 bed ridden patients who fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The tool used for data collection was structured questionnaire. The data were collected for a period of four weeks from September 2012– October 2013. Results: There was a significant difference in the knowledge on prophylactic measure in the prevention of deep vein thrombosis in the patients confined to bed after structured teaching programme. There was no significant association of post test knowledge on prophylactic measure in the prevention of deep vein thrombosis in the patients confined to bed score with the selected demographic variables except for occupation and history of blood clotting disorders. Conclusion The result from this study reveals that the knowledge on prevention of Deep vein thrombosis among patients confined to bed was inadequate. This has to be taken into consideration. Structured teaching programme is effective in increasing the knowledge regarding prevention of Deep vein thrombosis among patients confined to bed. The findings of the study revealed a significant increase in the post test knowledge scores after structure teaching programme.