A Study to Assess the Effect of Informational Booklet on Knowledge regarding First Aid Management among Motor Vehicle Drivers
Journal Title: Journal of Nursing Today - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
INTRODUCTION First aid is one of those things you need to know - but never want to use first aid is the immediate care given to an injured or suddenly ill person. First aid focus is a FREE school program that provides first aid training to school teachers, drivers and all faculties. Every school motor vehicle driver's play an essential part in our educational system. In many instances, the school bus drivers is the first representative of the school system to meet the children in the morning and the last to see them at evening. . A well-trained motor vehicle driver successfully accomplishes his/her assignment. STATEMENT OFTHE PROBLEM “A study to assess the effect of informational booklet on knowledge regarding first aid management among motor vehicle driver's’’ OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY Assess the pre-interventional knowledge regarding first aid management among motor vehicle drivers. Assess the post-interventional knowledge regarding first aid management among motor vehicle drivers. Find out the significant difference between the pre-interventional and post-interventional knowledge regarding first aid management among motor vehicle drivers. Associate the pre-interventional knowledge regarding first aid management among motor vehicle drivers with their selected demographic variables. To prepare informational booklet on first aid management for motor vehicle drivers. METHODOLOGY The research was experimental research approach and the research design was one group pre-test, post-test design used to achieve the objective of the study. Research Approach A quantitative research approach was found to be most suitable for the present study. Research Design The research design was one group pre-test, post-test design used. Research Setting Research setting was motor vehicle drivers belonging Fr. Agnel Co-ed Senior Secondary School, Bhopal (M.P.). Population In this study population is motor vehicle drivers. Sample Size 30 motor vehicle drivers are taken for this present study Sampling Technique In this present study non probability convenient sampling technique was used MAJOR FINDING In pre- test knowledge score of motor vehicle driver regarding first aid management in majority of them that is 60% inadequate knowledge, 24% in moderate knowledge and 16% inadequate knowledge. The post-test knowledge most of them having 56% adequate knowledge, 24% in moderate knowledge, 20% inadequate knowledge on first aid management. Pre-test association of knowledge among school motor vehicle driver significant at 0.05 level df(6) = 12.59 and df(2)=5.99. Pre-test mean 10.96 and the SD 16.76. Post-test mean 16.76 and the SD 27.90. “t” calculated value 8.13, there is significant difference in the knowledge on first aid management. There is significant difference in the knowledge on first aid management between pretest–posttest knowledge score. Hence null hypothesis is rejected and research hypothesis is accepted. There is significance association between pre-interventional knowledge score with selected demographic variables. It is noted that the calculated value is greater than the table value for the demographic variable of age, educational status, experience, monthly income and previous knowledge to is significant at 5% level of significance. Hence research hypothesis is accepted. There is no significant association found between licenses with pre-interventional knowledge score with first aid management. Hence research hypothesis is rejected. CONCLUSION The main conclusion drawn from the present study was that there was lacking knowledge regarding first aid management in pre-test. After the informational booklet most of them had adequate knowledge regarding first aid management. So the information booklet was effective which helps to bring curiosity to follow the first aid management practices and thereby prevents awareness among school motor vehicle drivers.
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Bapu Khodnapur
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