A Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding Sheehan’s Syndrome among Staff Nurses in Selected Hospitals at Tumkur
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Surgical Nursing - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 1
Abstract
A study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding sheehan’s syndrome among staff nurses in selected hospitals at Tumkur. The sample size of this study comprised of 50 staff nurses. Non probability convenience sampling technique was considered appropriate for this study. The collected data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings revealed the post-test mean knowledge score was found higher (90.7%) when compared with pre-test mean knowledge score (48.7%). The pre test mean knowledge score is 19.4 and standard deviation is 3. Post test mean knowledge is found to be 36.2 and standard deviation is 1.61. Enhancement is 42% and statistical paired‘t’ test value is 36.5. The statistical paired ‘t’ test indicated the enhancement in the mean knowledge score found to be significant at 5% level for all the aspects under study.
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Lincy Joseph
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