A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING MODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS OF ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE AMONG TEACHERS OF A SELECTED SCHOOL AT KOLLAM

*Mrs. Amitha Chandran

ABSTRACT

A quantitative study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on modifiable risk factors of ischemic heart disease among teachers of a selected school at Kollam district. The objectives of the study were to assess the pretest knowledge regarding the modifiable risk factors of ischemic heart disease among the teachers, to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme regarding the modifiable risk factors of ischemic heart disease among the teachers before and after structured teaching programme, to find out the association between the pretest knowledge scores of teachers regarding modifiable risk factors of ischemic heart disease and the selected socio-demographic variables. The probability simple random sampling technique was used to select 60 teachers for the study. The tools used for data collection were demographic data, structured knowledge questionnaire, and structured teaching programme. The mean post-test knowledge score 23.6 with standard deviation 4.6 was significantly higher than the mean pre-test knowledge 11.5 with standard deviation 5.2. The study showed that there was improvement in the knowledge of teachers after conducting structured teaching programme and thus structured teaching programme was statistically significant at 0.01 level (t=15.15, p<0.01). There was no significant association between pre -test knowledge score with socio demographic variables. Hence, the study suggested that structured teaching programme was effective in improving the knowledge of teachers regarding modifiable risk factors of ischemic heart disease.

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