Effectiveness of self-instructional module on knowledge regarding Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder among primary school teachers in selected schools of Gangtok Sikkim

Abstract

Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder is a common behavioural disorder that affects about 10% of school age children. About 7% children worldwide have Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder. In rural India population, the prevalence of Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder is 3.66%. The main aim of the study was to find out the effectiveness of self-instructional module on Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder. The investigators adopted a pre-experimental research design among seven selected schools through simple random sampling.A total of 80 primary school teachers were selected using the purposive sampling technique. Self-instructional module and structured knowledge questionnaire was prepared and sent for validation. Pretesting and reliability was done and found reliable(r = 0.8). Firstly, pretest session was conducted using structured knowledge questionnaire to assess the knowledge of primary school teachers on Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder. Self- instructional module(SIM’s) was administered 4 days after the pretest session. After 14 days of SIM’s distribution, posttest was conducted to assess the effectiveness of self-instructional module. The findings reveal that majority 60% of primary school teachers have average knowledge in the pre-test and 86.25% had good knowledge in the post-test. The calculated paired ‘t’ test value ‘t = 11.259’ was found to be statistically significant at p<0.05 level. The study concluded that educational material in the form of self-instructional module helped the teachers to improve their knowledge on Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder. The gained in the knowledge from the Self-instructional module will help them to identify and manage children with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder in future.