Effectiveness of Self–instructional module (SIM) on knowledge regarding care of children with beta thalassemia among caretakers at selected healthcare facility, Bengaluru

Mudasir Rather; Tabashir BASHIR

Volume : VII, Issue : I, January - 2018

Effectiveness of Self–instructional module (SIM) on knowledge regarding care of children with beta thalassemia among caretakers at selected healthcare facility, Bengaluru

Mudasir Rather, Tabashir Bashir

Abstract :

Worldwide, approximately 15 million people are estimated to suffer from thalassemia disorders. Reportedly, there are about 240 million carriers of β–thalassemia worldwide, i.e. 1.5% of world population, and in India alone, the number is approximately 30 million. The burden is of hemoglobinopathies in India is high with nearly 12,000 infants being born every year with a severe disorder. The present study is, �Evaluate the effectiveness of Self–instructional module (SIM) on knowledge regarding care of children with beta thalassemia among caretakers at selected healthcare facility, Bengaluru.

Method

A Pre–experimental study with one group pre–test and post–test design was used to assess the effectiveness of self–instructional module (SIM) on knowledge regarding care of children with beta thalassemia among caretakers at selected healthcare facility, Bengaluru. Purposive sampling technique was used to collect data from 30 subjects attending Samraksha �The thalassemia day care centre� Keshavashilpa, Kempagowda Nagar Bengaluru–19 and the data was collected and interpreted to assess the effectiveness self–instructional module (SIM) on knowledge regarding care of children with beta thalassemia among caretakers.

Results

The finding of the study with regard to pre–test knowledge assessment revealed that the mean percentage was 21.87% with standard deviation 8.07.In pretest knowledge level 90% had inadequate knowledge. In posttest, significant increase in knowledge was found. However, in posttest the mean percentage of knowledge was 90.34% with 6.17 standard deviation. In posttest knowledge level, 80% had adequate knowledge.

Interpretation & Conclusion

The overall knowledge mean score of the pretest was 21.87% with standard deviation 8.07 and overall posttest score of knowledge was 90.34% with 6.17 standard deviation.

The enhancement in the respondent‘s knowledge is by 68.47%. The statistical paired„t‟ test indicate that enhancement in the mean knowledge scores was found to be significant with �t� value 12.48 level for all aspects under study which indicates there is a significant increase in knowledge after administration of self–instructional module.

There is significance relationship between post test score and the demographic variables.