Effect of Structured Teaching and Demonstration on Knowledge regarding Basic Life Support among Higher Secondary Students

Abstract

The present study was aimed to assess the effect of structured teaching and demonstration on knowledge regarding Basic Life Support among higher secondary students in selected school of Kottayam. The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge of higher Secondary students regarding Basic Life Support, determine the effect of structured teaching and demonstration programme on knowledge of higher secondary students regarding Basic Life Support and find the association between pretest knowledge of higher secondary students regarding Basic Life Support with selected socio-personnel variables. The study was conducted among 30 higher secondary students of M T Seminary Higher Secondary School, Kottayam. One group pre test and post test research design was used and subjects were selected by purposive sampling. The Socio-personal variables were used to assess the sample characteristics and structured knowledge questionnaire to assess the level of knowledge regarding Basic life Support. After the pre-test on the same day a structure teaching and demonstration was delivered and the post test was conducted on the seventh day using the same tools. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study revealed that the average pretest and post-test knowledge score was 11.4 and 20.9 respectively. The teaching programme was found to be effective in improving the knowledge (t = 13.69p< 0.05) regarding Basic Life Support. There was no significant association between pre-test knowledge of higher secondary students regarding Basic Life Support and socio personal variables. Hence the study concluded that the knowledge regarding Basic Life Support among higher Secondary students could be improved by structured teaching and demonstration.