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American Journal of Advances in Nursing Research

Volume 11, Issue 1, 2024
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American Journal of Advances in Nursing Research
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XXX-XXXX (Print), 2349 – 0691 (Online)
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bi-annual
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A PRE-EXPERIMENTAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING TUBERCULOSIS AND DOTS THERAPY AMONG STAFF NURSES WORKING IN SELECTED HOSPITALS AT JODHPUR
Author
Narendra Pal Singh Choudhary
Email
npchoudhary81@gmail.com
keyword
Knowledge, staff nurse, planned teaching programme
Abstract
India is one of the largest and the most important developing countries of the world. In this country, public health emphasizes more on communicable disease, malnutrition and reproductive health care. Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most common infectious diseases known worldwide. It is the seventh leading cause of Global Disability Adjusted Life Year (DALY) lost. 8.9 million People are living with TB in India alone. India accounts for 1/5th of world. Tuberculosis kills over 1.50 million people each year. India is home in the largest number of TB cases in the world. Aim Of The Study: Assess knowledge regarding tuberculosis and dots therapy among staff nurses. Material And Method: A pre-experimental one group pre-test post-test study was used in order to evaluate effectiveness of planned teaching programme (the Independent variable) on knowledge regarding tuberculosis and dots therapy (the dependent variable) among staff nurse of selected by non-probability purposive sampling technique MDM Hospital, of Jodhpur. Each participant was informed about the study and that they could withdraw at any time and a written consent was also obtained. Result: The findings of the study reveals that in pre-test majority (53.33%) of the sample had average knowledge regarding Tuberculosis & DOTS therapy, followed by 23.33% had good knowledge and only few (18.33%) samples had poor knowledge regarding Tuberculosis & DOTS therapy. Conclusion: It can be concluded that staff nurse had average knowledge regarding tuberculosis and dots therapy as per current research recommendations. They require education and to enhance their knowledge regarding tuberculosis and dots therapy, planned teaching programme can be used.
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