A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Video-Assisted Teaching Programme on Knowledge and Practice Regarding the Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Infection Among the Students in Chettinad College of Nursing

Abstract

Background: Nosocomial infections are defined as those infections which occur among patients admitted in hospitals and become manifest after 48 hours of stay, and are neither present nor incubating at the time of hospital admission. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of video-assisted education in helping nursing students at Chettinad College of Nursing gain information and skills related to preventing hospital-acquired infections. The study’s goal was to evaluate the existing level of knowledge and practice regarding the prevention of hospital-acquired infection.Objective: To evaluate the effect of video teaching programs on knowledge and practice regarding the prevention of hospital-acquired infection, and to find the association between the pre-test and post-test scores with the different demographic variables.Methods: Quasi-experimental research design was used for the study. 80 college students from Chettinad college of nursing were selected by randomized sampling technique.The questionnaire and checklist were used to collect data. The data collected were properly screened before they were analyzed.Results: The data were analyzed and tabulated. The study finding shows that (83.3%) n=70 has inadequate knowledge and practice (7.1%) n=6 has moderate knowledge and practice and (4.8%) n=4 has moderate knowledge and practice. After the video teaching, it shows that (3.6%) n=3 has inadequate knowledge and practice (9.5%) n=8 has moderate knowledge and practice, and (82.1%) n=69 has moderate knowledge and practice. The study shows there is no significant association between knowledge and practice demographic variables like gender, age, year of study, medium, or media exposure and posting.