Effectiveness of Educational Intervention regarding Biomedical Waste Management among Nursing Students
Journal Title: International Journal of Preventive, Curative & Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Unhealthy disposal of solid waste is considered as one of the most important problems in many societies and biomedical waste management is a systematic way of disposing of the healthcare waste. Objective: To assess the effectiveness of educational intervention on knowledge and attitude regarding biomedical management among nursing students. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Yenepoya Nursing College and Hospital with the approval of the institutional ethical committee during the period December to 2016 among nursing students with the population proportion 62.4% and sample proportion 72%3 at 5% level of significance with power 80%, the sample size was 177. All the students who gave consent to be part of the study were included. Data was collected using a predesigned, pretested, validated and structured proforma and analyzed with SPSS v.16.0. Result: Mean age of the participants was 19.33±2 years. Knowledge regarding biomedical waste management before any educational intervention was very low. There was a statistically significant (p<0.001) increase in the knowledge among nursing students after the educational intervention. Improvement in the knowledge score was also observed. Conclusions: There was a significant difference between the pretest and post-test scores which shows that the educational intervention was effective.
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Dr. Preeti Tiwari
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