Assess the effectiveness of the Video assisted teaching module (VATM) on knowledge regarding home care management of chronic schizophrenic patients among the  care givers in a selected hospital, Mental Health Institute, SCBMCH, Cuttack, Odisha

Dr. Sikandar Kumar; Himadree Pattanaik; Mrs Sinmayee Kumari Devi

Volume : IV, Issue : X, October - 2015

Assess the effectiveness of the Video assisted teaching module (VATM) on knowledge regarding home care management of chronic schizophrenic patients among the care givers in a selected hospital, Mental Health Institute, SCBMCH, Cuttack, Odisha

Dr. Sikandar Kumar, Himadree Pattanaik, Mrs Sinmayee Kumari Devi

Abstract :

A pre experimental study with pre and post test without control group design was undertaken on 100 care giver�s of chronic Schizophrenic Patients of MHI, SCB, Cuttack, Odisha, to assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching module on home care management of chronic Schizophrenic patients among care givers . The samples were selected by convinenece sampling technique. Data were collected from 05.11.14 to 07.12.2014 . The data collected were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings revealed that in, Area wise posttest highest mean percentage was 99.5% with mean (1.99�0.1) for area �Activity of daily living�. The lowest mean percentage in post–test was 68% with mean score (1.36�0.19) for area �Exercise�. Further effectiveness varies from 36.5% to 68%. It was observed that overall mean score during post–test was (33.82+2.47) which was 84.55% of the total score and the difference in mean percentage between pre and post–test knowledge score was 59.7% revealing the effectiveness of VATM for all the areas. Highly significant difference was found between pre and post test of knowledge regarding home care management of chronic schizophrenic patient among care givers (Z =2.66, P ≤0.05). No Significant association was found between post test knowledge scores of care givers on home care management of chronic schizophrenic patient and their demographic variables. Further, video assisted teaching module on home care management of chronic schizophrenic patients among care givers was effective for all the areas.