A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program on Modification of Daily Life Patterns Among Hypertensive Clients Attending OPD at Selected Hospital, Bangalore

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge of hypertensive clients regarding modification of daily life patterns. Design and Methods: Quasi - experimental one group pre test post test design was used. 75 hypertensive clients were selected by Purposive sampling technique. The pre-test was administered by using the interview schedule followed by Structured Teaching Program. After 7 days, the Post-test was administered by using the same interview schedule for evaluating the effectiveness of STP on the hypertension related knowledge. Results: The finding of the study revealed that there was a marked increase in overall knowledge score of post test (24.36) than the pre test score (12.91) which represent the effectiveness (t=14.52; p<0.005) of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding modification of daily life patterns. Conclusions: Thus, structured teaching program was effective improving the knowledge of clients on modification of daily life patterns on the basis of the findings; the research concluded that the prepared structured teaching program was effective.