Effectiveness of planned teaching programme on the knowledge of parents regarding care of children with sickle cell disease at tertiary care hospital of Central India.

Dr Rushali Rajan Lilare; Dr Uday W Narlawar; Rajat Lillore

Volume : VII, Issue : II, February - 2018

Effectiveness of planned teaching programme on the knowledge of parents regarding care of children with sickle cell disease at tertiary care hospital of Central India.

Dr Rushali Rajan Lilare, Dr Uday W Narlawar, Rajat Lillore

Abstract :

Sickle cell disease is most common genetic disease and has been recognized as a major public health problem by international agencies such as WHO and United nations educational, scientific and culture organization (UNESCO). Children with sickle cell disease require more frequent hospital care and younger children are more vulnerable to morbidity. Aim & Objectives: 1) To assess the knowledge of parents regarding care of children with sickle cell disease.2)To assess the effectiveness of planed teaching programme on knowledge of parents regarding care of children with sickle cell disease. Material & Methodology: The present was designed to be a randomize control type by selecting 30 parents randomly by convenient method sampling from the pediatric ward of the Government Medical College where children with sickle cell disease were admitted during the month of Feuary– March 2015. A structured questionnaire was used to collect the pretest and post test data on the knowledge of parents regarding care of sickle cell after a planned teaching programme and data analyzed using SPSS software version 19.Results: Out of total subjects 30% of each parents were in the age between 26–30 and >35 years. About 56.67 % were females and 43.33 % were males. Majority of the subject 30% each had completed their secondary and higher secondary education with Maximum subject 50% had monthly family income 4001–5000Rs.About 66.67% of subjects were Hindu. Majority of subject 40% were labourer followed by 36.67% were having private job. Maximum subjects 46.66% belongs to joint family. Mean knowledge score in pretest was 10.73 � 3.32 and after the planned teaching mean knowledge score was 16.9� 2.59, this difference was found to be statistically significant. Conclusion: In the present study the planned teaching programme significantly helps in the improvement of the knowledge score (68.02%) of parents regarding care of children with sickle cell disease.