TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING SIDE EFFECTS OF CHEMOTHERAPY AMONG CAREGIVERS OF PATIENTS RECEIVING CHEMOTHERAPY

Ms.Christina Ramdinsangi; Mrs. Seema Singh

Volume : VII, Issue : II, February - 2018

TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING SIDE EFFECTS OF CHEMOTHERAPY AMONG CAREGIVERS OF PATIENTS RECEIVING CHEMOTHERAPY

Ms. Christina Ramdinsangi, Mrs. Seema Singh

Abstract :

Many anticancer drugs are made to kill growing cells. But certain normal get affected too, this damage to normal cells causes side effects of chemotherapy.Objectives: - 1. To assess the knowledge regarding side effects of chemotherapy among caregivers of patients receiving chemotherapy 2. To associate between the knowledge score with selected demographic variables. Methods and Materials: The study was a descriptive study conducted among 30 caregivers of chemotherapy patients from A.V.B.R.H. Sawangi (Meghe) Wardha. Structured knowledge questionnaire were used to collect the data. Results:The knowledge score 10 (33.3%) of caregivers of chemotherapy patient were having poor level of knowledge score, 5 (16.67%) were having average level of knowledge score, (50%) of caregivers of chemotherapy patient were having good level of knowledge score level of knowledge score and none of the caregivers were having both good nor excellent level of knowledge score. < clear="all" style="page-eak-before:always;mso-eak-type:section-eak" />