Abstract
Title
EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON MANAGEMENT OF OSTEOPOROSIS AMONG ELDERLY PEOPLE AT HOME FOR THE AGED, BOIGUDA, SECUNDERABAD, A. P
Author
Kumari B.N.P and Maria Therese A
Email
prasannakumari.balisetty@gmail.com
keyword
Planned teaching programme, Osteoporosis, Elderly people, Home for the aged
Abstract
A Pre - experimental study was undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on management of osteoporosis among elderly people at Home for the Aged Boiguda,Secunderabad, A P. The objectives of the study were :To assess the knowledge regarding management of osteoporosis among elderly people by pretest.1 To evaluate the effectiveness of planned teaching programme regarding management of osteoporosis by comparing pre and posttest knowledge. 2.To find out the significant association between posttest knowledge scores with their selected background variables. Hypothesis: H1= There will be significant difference between pre-test and posttest knowledge scores. H2= There will be significant association between the posttest knowledge scores of elderly people with their selected background variables. Method: A Pre experimental study with one group pre and posttest design was adopted for the present study. The structured knowledge questionnaire on osteoporosis was developed to collect the data. 50 Elderly people were selected by nonprobability purposive convenient sampling technique. The final study was conducted from 26nd May to 3rd July, 2012 at Home For The Aged, Boiguda, Secunderabad and data was collected, analyzed and interpreted based on descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The mean percentage of overall knowledge in pretest was 40.6 with standard deviation of 2.19, where as in postest was 87.26 with standard deviation of 2.45. The obtained „t‟ value 27.05 is greater than the table value 2.660 and found to be highly significant at the level of p< 0.05. So, it is evident that the planned teaching programme was effective in increasing the knowledge level of elderly people on management of osteoporosis. There was no significant association between the posttest knowledge scores with their selected background variables. Conclusion: The present study attempted to evaluate the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on management of osteoporosis among elderly people and found that most of the subjects 31(62%) had inadequate knowledge in pretest and concluded that there was a significant improvement in subject‟s knowledge in the posttest 48(96%)after administration of planned teaching programme (PTP).
