First Aid Management of Epilepsy in School Children

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Objective To assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding first aid management of epilepsy in school children among teachers. Materials and methods A quantitative research approach with Pre Experimental one group pretest and post test design was used to conduct the study in selected schools of Greater Noida. Non probability purposive sampling technique was employed to select 30 school teachers. A self structured knowledge questionnaire containing 26 items were used for assessing the level of knowledge among the subjects. Data were analyzed using SPSS. Results The mean knowledge score of the school teachers in pretest 14.03±4.514 is lesser than the mean knowledge score of school teachers in post test 18.23±3.848, t value 2.045 which is significant P = 0.05.There was an association found between the score level with their previous source of information. Conclusion The study is concluded that planned teaching programme was effective to enhance knowledge among school teachers regarding first aid management of epilepsy. Nisha Varghese "First Aid Management of Epilepsy in School Children" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-5 , August 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd33063.pdf Paper Url :https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/nursing/33063/first-aid-management-of-epilepsy-in-school-children/nisha-varghese

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Nisha Varghese

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Nisha Varghese (2020). First Aid Management of Epilepsy in School Children. International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development, 4(5), -. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-689028