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Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Prevention and Management of Pressure Ulcer for Caregivers of Hospitalized Immobilized Patients
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Structured teaching programme is a process by which it aims to alter knowledge, attitude&behaviour of people. The objective of structured teaching programme is to influence people. The present study is an evaluative study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge and practice of significant caregivers of hospitalized immobilized patients in prevention&management of pressure ulcer at selected hospital in Bhubaneswar .The objectives of study were to determine the effectiveness of health education on prevention&management of pressure ulcer among the caregivers of hospitalized immobilized patients&to find out the correlation between post test knowledge&post test practice scores of the care givers of hospitalized immobilized patients regarding prevention & management of pressure ulcer.
The study was conducted at SUM hospital, Bhubaneswar. The research design adopted for this study was one group pretest & posttest design&the research approach was evaluative in nature. Data was obtained from a sample size of 50.The study was confined to the significant caregivers of hospitalized immobilized patients.
There was a significant difference between caregiver's pretest knowledge&post test knowledge & there was a significant difference between caregiver's pretest Practice&post test Practice after giving health education on prevention & management of pressure ulcer during the hospitalization.
There was a felt need for health care providers to include pressure ulcer prevention & management in their care. The information book let which was developed after pre test knowledge & pretest practice of care givers of hospitalized immobilized patients would be a help to enhance knowledge & skills of caregivers not only at hospital setup but also at home even after discharge.
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