Effect of structured teaching on knowledge regarding pneumonia among mothers of under five children of Rohtak, Haryana

Dr B.M. Vashisht; Krishna Devi; Anshu; Dr Pratibha; Dr Anvesha; Dr Ravish Ranjan; Dr Aman Sachdeva; Dr Anil Kumar

Volume : IX, Issue : V, May - 2020

Effect of structured teaching on knowledge regarding pneumonia among mothers of under five children of Rohtak, Haryana

Dr B. M. Vashisht, Krishna Devi, Anshu, Dr Pratibha, Dr Anvesha, Dr Ravish Ranjan, Dr Aman Sachdeva, Dr Anil Kumar

Abstract :

Background: Pneumonia is the single largest infectious cause of death among children worldwide. Pneumonia accounts for 15% of all deaths of children under 5 years of age and killed 8 lakh children in 2017. There is multifactorial causation associated with increased susceptibility of childhood pneumonia. Structured teaching program will effectively improve mortality related with pneumonia as it increases the awareness among mothers regarding causes, prevention and management of pneumonia. Methodology: An interventional study was conducted in village Kanheli of district Rohtak from January to, March 2017. Total 95 mothers, selected by consecutive sampling technique were included in the study and pre- test and post test was taken by using self-structured, pretested interview schedule. Intervention in the form of structured teaching was administered to increase the knowledge of mothers. Results: This study revealed that mothers had inadequate knowledge regarding prevention and management of pneumonia and structured teaching program had significantly increased their knowledge. Mean difference between the pre-test and post-test score was found to be 5.3, with a T value of 24.34, which was found to be statistically significant (p-value = 0.001). Conclusion: This study concluded that there was lack of knowledge regarding pneumonia among mothers and structured teaching program was found to be effective in increasing their knowledge regarding prevention and management of pneumonia.