STP on Interventions of Burns and Scalds Wound Healing among Mothers of Under Fives
Journal Title: International Journal of Pediatric Nursing - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: According to WHO, in India, over 10 lakh people are moderately or severely Burnt every year. The Ministry says India records 70 lakh burn injury cases annually of which 1.4 lakh people die of every year. Around 70% of all burn injuries occur in most productive age group (15-35 years). Around four out of five burnt cases are women and children. The objective of the study were to 1. To Assess the knowledge of the mothers having under fives regarding Interventions of burns and scalds wound healing 2. To evaluate the structured teaching Programme on interventions of burns and scalds wound healing 3.To Associate the relationship between demographic variables with the level of knowledge of mothers having under fives on interventions of burns and scald wound healing. Materials and methods: Quasi experimental single group pre and post -test design was used. The Sample for the study was n=50 mothers of under fives admitted in Pediatric ward at SVRRGH, Tirupati selected by using Convenient sampling technique. The pre-test was introduced to assess the knowledge among the group of samples in view with pre test result STP was formulated and introduced to the samples after that post-test was conducted and the result were evaluated through structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics such as percentage, mean, standard deviation were used for demographic data, pre and post-test scores. Inferential statistics of chi-square test was used for analyzing the association between demographic characteristics with that of knowledge, paired t-test was used for analyzing the difference between the pre and post test. The average pre-test knowledge score among mothers found to be 10.320 after STP The mean post-test knowledge score was 13.260. thus the difference in level of the knowledge was confirmed by the obtained t test value (8.228) this was statistically significant (p<0.01). Conclusion: The study concluded that the structured teaching programme was effective in improving knowledge of mothers on interventions of Burns and Scalds wound healing.
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Annammreddi Leelavathi
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