Effectiveness Of Self Instructional Module Research Articles

A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Self-Instructional Module on Knowledge and Practices of Needle Stick Injury among the Nurses Working in Selected Hospitals of Pune City

Introduction Needle stick injuries present single greatest occupational hazards and contributing to the overall burden of the health care worker. Since most of the time, it is a matter of sheer negligence due to which the need for in depth study arises. Design-Quasi Experimental Study Setting Results-The random sampling technique used to collect information from 40 participants working in emergency departments as well as General ward. Majority of nurses i.e. 57.5% never undergone any In-service Education about needle stick Injury. 20% participants sustained needle stick injury and out of this, only 12.5% reported needle stick injury. Pretest score of Knowledge revealed that 52.5% samples possess good knowledge whereas 45% samples had average knowledge about needle stick injury. Mean pretest knowledge score was 13.6 and practice score was 7.57. Posttest findings revealed that 85% of participants had good knowledge and 15% had average knowledge. Mean posttest knowledge and practice score was 16.07 and 8.9 respectively. Test of correlation revealed moderate positive correlation between knowledge and practice score. Conclusion-The findings indicate the need for formulating SOP regarding needle stick injury, conduction of training programme and refresher training on regular basis to create awareness regarding preventive measures and post exposure prophylaxis.

A Pre-experimental Study to assess the effectiveness of self-instructional module on knowledge and attitude regarding No-Scalpel Vasectomy among married men in selected Urban area of Delhi

A Pre-experimental Study to assess the effectiveness of self-instructional module on knowledge and attitude regarding No-Scalpel Vasectomy among married men in selected Urban area of Delhi

A Study to assess the effectiveness of self-Instructional Module on Knowledge regarding Laws for Women's Rights in India among people working in selected Private Organization at Mehsana district

In 21st century India women are increasingly being educated and joining more and more working lives this century has brought in its trail a new hope for women. Dramatic changes have happened in the role, ambitions and attitude of women in the last few decades of twentieth century. Women have department from their traditional role of reproducers, mothers and wives only. From a non-entity, they have been able to establish an identity of their own in the modern society, but till they are subjected to different kinds of domestic violence like wife beating‟ bride burning, mental and physical abuse, marital rape, dowry death etc. All these are widespread in our society and women are facing unequal treatment in every field of the society1, 2. According to the statistics held by national crime records bureau the crime against women is committed every 3 min. women are raped every 29 min and dowry death happened occurs every 77 min. Women's rights issues in India: Child marriage. In Indian villages girls 70% are married before the age of 18 and 56% of those girl married bear children before the age of 19. Women's rights issues in India: Sexual harassment. According to statistic only 20% cases are reported3.

The Effectiveness of Self Instructional Module on Knowledge Regarding Maternal and Neonatal Outcome of Induction of Labour among Staff Nurses in Selected Hospital, Bangalore, India

Background of the study Induction of labour is the stimulation of uterine contraction priority to the onset of spontaneous labour. It is an obstetrics intervention that should be used when elective birth will be beneficial to mother and baby. It means initiation of uterine contractions by any method (medical, surgical or combined) for the purpose of vaginal delivery.ObjectivesTo assess the existing knowledge of staff nurses regarding maternal and neonatal outcome of induction of labour.To evaluate the effectiveness of self instructional module regarding maternal & neonatal outcome of induction of labour among staff nurses.To associate pre-test knowledge of staff nurses regarding maternal and neonatal outcome of induction of labour with their selected demographic variables.Methods A Pre experimental design (one group pre and post test design) was conducted at ESI Hospital, Bangalore, 60 samples, non-probability convenient sampling technique, structured questionnaire were developed and validated by experts; the reliability that is test retest method was used, administered self instructional module and conducted post test. The Collected data were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics.Major findings of the studyMajority of staff nurses attained were 31-35 years age (37%) had GNM education (83%). About 39% of subjects had above 6 years experiences. SIM is effective in improving staff nurses knowledge regarding maternal and neonatal outcome of induction of labour. (P< 0.05). A significant association was found between knowledge of staff nurses with demographic variables such as age, religion, marital status, educational qualification, total years experiences, monthly income, and previous sources of information.Interpretation and conclusion The findings revealed that the improvement Mean score of all level of knowledge of staff nurses between pre test and post test was 13.75% with ‘t’ test value was 12.88, which was highly significant at p< 0.05. Hence, it is inferred that there is significant increase in the knowledge level of the staff nurses regarding maternal and neonatal outcome of induction of labour after used of Self Instructional Module.

EFFECTIVENESS OF SELF INSTRUCTIONAL MODULE (SIM) ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF STAFF NURSES REGARDING MANAGEMENT OF CANCER PAIN IN THE SELECTED HOSPITALS OF PUNJAB

A quasi-experimental research method and a single group pre-test post-test design were adopted in the study to assess the effectiveness of Self Instructional Module (SIM) on the practice related knowledge among staff nurses regarding Cancer Pain Management in the Adesh Institute of Sri Muktsar Sahib and Bathinda.

To assess the effectiveness of Self Instructional Module (SIM) on knowledge regarding life style modification among Myocardial Infarction patients admitted in selected hospitals in Vidarbha Region

To assess the effectiveness of Self Instructional Module (SIM) on knowledge regarding life style modification among myocardial infarction patients admitted in selected hospitals in Vidarbha region. The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge regarding life style modification among myocardial infarction patients, to evaluate the effectiveness of Self Instructional Module on knowledge regarding life style modification among myocardial infarction patients, to associate post-test knowledge regarding life style modification among myocardial infarction patients with selected demographic variables. This study was based on interventional research approach. The population was myocardial infarction patients. The subjects consisted of 60 myocardial infarction patients in selected hospitals of Vidarbha region. The inclusion criteria were: Patients who are: (A) Willing to participate in the study, (B) Available during data collection, (C) Able to read and understand Hindi & Marathi. The exclusion criteria were: (A) Patients who have attended the similar programme, (B) Patients who were medical persons like, doctor, nurse.. The tool was self-structured knowledge questionnaire. The technique adopted was self-reporting. The content validity of the tool was done by 12experts. The reliability of the questionnaire was done by Spearman Brown Coefficient method. The pilot study was conducted in Wardha from 14th Aug. to 20th Aug. 2012 as per laid down criteria 6 subjects were selected from Pawde Nursing Home, Wardha for pilot study from non-probability convenient sampling technique. The data gathering process began from 17th Sept. to 13th Oct 2012. The investigator visited the selected hospitals of Vidarbha region in advance and obtained the necessary permission from the concerned authorities. Based on the objectives and the hypothesis the data were analyzed by using various statistical tests i.e. percentage, mean, and standard deviation, student’ t’ test, One way analysis of variance (ANOVA). The level of significance set for testing the hypothesis was at 0.05. Majority of the subjects: 38.4% were from age group of 35–45 years, 53.3% were male.41.7% of the subject were secondary and graduates, 38.3% of subjects were doing the government job, 53.3% were Hindu. The findings show that in pre test scores, 63.4% of subjects were having average knowledge, 33.3% having poor knowledge and 3.3% subjects having very knowledge. But in post test scores 61.67% of subjects were having good knowledge, 38.33% having excellent knowledge. The findings show that the tabulated ‘t’ value for n-1, i.e.59 degrees of freedom was 2.00. The calculated values were 27.69 respectively for knowledge regarding adverse effects of antipsychotic drugs. The calculated ‘t’ values were much higher than the tabulated values at 5% level of significance which is statistically acceptable level of significance. Hence it is strongly interpreted that the self-instructional module regarding life style modification was effective. Thus, the H1 is accepted. There was no significant association between age, gender, education, occupation and religion. The self-instructional module significantly brought out their improvement in the knowledge regarding life style modification among myocardial infarction patients admitted in selected hospital in Vidarbha region. Analysis of data showed that there was significant difference between pretest and posttest knowledge

An Experimental Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Self Instructional Module on Selected Obstetrical Drugs among Nursing Students of Selected Nursing Institutes of Distt. Mohali, Punjab

An Experimental Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Self Instructional Module on Selected Obstetrical Drugs among Nursing Students of Selected Nursing Institutes of Distt. Mohali, Punjab.

A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Self Instructional Module on Biomedical Waste Management among the Staff Nurses of the selected Hospitals of Ludhiana, Punjab.

A quasi-experimental study with single group pretest-posttest design was conducted to assess the effectiveness of Self Instructional Module on Biomedical Waste Management among the staff nurses of the selected hospitals of Ludhiana, Punjab. A total of 50 staff nurses were chosen as study subjects. Self Instructional Module on Biomedical Waste Management was developed. Based on Self Instructional Module, a questionnaire was framed to assess the pretest-posttest knowledge scores of study subjects’. Descriptive and inferential statistical tests were used for data analysis. Mean posttest knowledge scores (26.70) of subjects after administration of Self Instructional Module was found to be significantly (p 0.05) association between posttest knowledge scores of subjects on Biomedical Waste Management and their age, gender, educational qualification and clinical experience. Hence, administration of Self Instructional Module on Biomedical Waste Management was very effective on staff nurses.

A Quasi Experimental study to evaluate the effectiveness of self instructional module on knowledge regarding hypertension among teachers of selected schools in district Mohali.

Hypertension is a real and important public health problem, especially for developed countries compared with the underdeveloped ones. Hypertension is not only the leading causes of death but is also contributing to disability among adults. Most of the problems are preventable or controllable if it is anticipated or recognized and treated correctly. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of self instructional module on the knowledge regarding hypertension among teachers of selected schools in district Mohali. For the purpose of this study, quantitative approach and quasi experimental research design was adopted.150 school teachers were selected as sample by using convenient sampling technique. Self administered structured knowledge questionnaire was used to collect the data from school teachers. It was found that in experimental group, maximum of school teachers i.e.80% possessed poor knowledge and in control group also majority of school teachers i.e.93.3% possessed poor knowledge during pre-test. Whereas during post test, 94.7% school teachers possessed good knowledge in experimental group and 96% possessed poor knowledge in control group. Hence, study findings revealed that there was significant difference in mean pre-test and post-test knowledge scores of experimental group regarding hypertension at p<0.05 level. Moreover, there was no significant difference in pre-test and post-test knowledge scores among control group. It was found that there was significant association of pre-test knowledge level with educational qualification, family income and personal history of hypertension.

A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Self Instructional Module on Knowledge Regarding Prevention of Acute Respiratory Tract Infection Among the Mother of Under Five Year Children in Bhandu Village, Mehsana District.

A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Self Instructional Module on Knowledge Regarding Prevention of Acute Respiratory Tract Infection Among the Mother of Under Five Year Children in Bhandu Village, Mehsana District.

Study to assess the effectiveness of self instructional module on neonatal rearing practices

Study to assess the effectiveness of self instructional module on neonatal rearing practices

A Study to Assess the effectiveness of self Instructional Module on the Knowledge and Practice of the Mothers of School age Children with Juvenile Diabetes in the Selected community area of Ahmedabad City of Gujarat State

A Study to Assess the effectiveness of self Instructional Module on the Knowledge and Practice of the Mothers of School age Children with Juvenile Diabetes in the Selected community area of Ahmedabad City of Gujarat State

A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Self Instructional Module on Knowledge regarding Transient Ischemic Attack among Hypertensive Patients in Selected Hospitals at Mysore

A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Self Instructional Module on Knowledge regarding Transient Ischemic Attack among Hypertensive Patients in Selected Hospitals at Mysore

A study to assess the effectiveness of self instructional module regarding reducing academic stress among students of b.sc nursing in selected colleges at Jaipur City Raj

A study to assess the effectiveness of self instructional module regarding reducing academic stress among students of b.sc nursing in selected colleges at Jaipur City Raj

Effectiveness of self-instructional module on knowledge and attitude regarding antenatal care among primigravida mothers in selected government hospital, Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Background: Mother is the greatest gift of God and life is mother’s gift to everyone. Being mother is a great responsibility and it is woman’s utmost crown of honor. Constitutional human rights contain right to life. The access to safe and sound pregnancy and childbirth services is human rights for woman. Death is the last stage for millions of women in a story of extensive pain and sufferings; even millions, more women are injured in this process and live with permanent disability. Objective: The key objective of the study was to improve the knowledge and attitude level by examining the effectiveness of self-instructional module on antenatal care among primigravida mothers in District Women Hospital, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted at District Women Hospital, Dehradun, using quantitative approach and pre-experimental one - group pre-test - post-test design. 62 primigravida mothers attending antenatal clinics were selected by consecutive sampling technique. Pre-test was conducted, then intervention (self-instructional module) was implemented. Post-test was carried out after 7 days. Findings of the study reveal that self-instructional module was effective (at 0.05 level of significance) in improving the knowledge and attitude level among primigravida mothers. Results: Self-instructional module is an effective method to improve the knowledge and attitude level among primigravida mothers. Conclusion: Self-instructional module was useful tool to improve the knowledge and attitude of primigravida mothers regarding antenatal care. Hence, the effective teaching material on antenatal care must be instituted in all communities with a view to bring awareness regarding maternal and child health and to achieve the definitive goal of antenatal care, a healthy birth from healthy mother.

Effectiveness of Self-Instructional Module on Knowledge and AttitudeRegarding Legal and Ethical Aspects in OBG Nursing among Staff Nurses

Introduction Maternal mortality remains a major challenge to health care delivery systems worldwide. The legal and ethical aspects in OBG Nursing are Negligence Malpractice unsafe abortions consent confidentiality and screening. Aim To find the effectiveness of self-instructional module on knowledge and attitude regarding legal and ethical aspects in OBG nursing among staff nursesMethodology A descriptive quantitative research design was adopted.A total of 60 staff nurses were selected using a simple random sampling technique.Setting was Jayanagar General Hospital Jayanagar Bangalore.Tool for data collection was a structured questionnaire and likert scale.Result Majority 50 of staff nurses and 58.3 had adequate knowledge and favorable attitude respectively. The gain in mean score percentage for overall knowledge was 29.3 with pairedlsquotrsquo value of 25.99 and overall attitude was 9.8 with paired lsquotrsquo value of 8.18 which was highly significant at plt0.05 for the selected variables. The coefficient of correlation obtained between posttest knowledge and attitude was 0.826 which as apositive correlation. Findings also revealed a strong association between previous source of knowledge and experience in years with p-value lt0.05.Conclusion The findings reveal a lack of knowledge and attitude regarding legal and ethical aspects in OBG Nursing. Staff nurses expressed that they were able to gain more knowledge regarding legal and ethical aspects. Hence the self instructional module regarding legal and ethical aspects was instructionally effective appropriate and feasible can be used in the hospitals to motivate and help the staff nurses to update the knowledge and attitude in the aspect of reducing malpractice negligence and lack of confidentiality in their profession.Key Words Knowledge Attitude Legal and ethical aspects Self-instructional module SIM Staff nurses Obstetrics and Gynecological nursing OBG Nursing.

A study to assess the effectiveness of self-Instructional module regarding knowledge on essential new-Born care among postnatal mothers in daga memorial hospital, Nagpur District

A study to assess the effectiveness of self-Instructional module regarding knowledge on essential new-Born care among postnatal mothers in daga memorial hospital, Nagpur District

A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Self-Instructional Module on Knowledge Regarding Risk Factors and Prevention of Stomach Cancer among Professional Students at Selected Colleges, Bangalore

Background: Cancer is one of the most important causes of morbidity and the magnitude of the problem is gigantic. Gastric cancer is the second leading cause of cancer mortality in the world as well as in India. Majority of the patients are diagnosed at an advanced stage. It is widely held that 80% to 90% of stomach cancers may be attributable to environmental and life style factors such as tobacco, alcohol and dietary habits. Primary cancer prevention refers to avoiding cancer causing substances in the environment or dietary elements associated with increased risk.Methods: The research approach adopted for the study was experimental approach and research design selected for the study was experimental one group pre-test post-test design. Simple random sampling technique was used for the selection of 60 professional students. The tool used for the data collection was structured knowledge questionnaire, which had two sections. Section-A provides about socio-demographic data and Section-B deals with knowledge on risk factors and prevention of stomach cancer. Collected data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics in terms of frequencies, percentage, mean, standard deviation, chi-square values and ‘t’ test.Results: The result of this study showed that in pre-test 43(71.67%) of them had inadequate level of knowledge, 17(28.33%) of them had moderate level of knowledge and none of them had adequate level of knowledge regarding risk factors and prevention of stomach cancer whereas in post-test, 40(66.67%) of them had adequate level of knowledge, 20(33.33%) of them had moderate level of knowledge and none of them had inadequate level of knowledge regarding risk factors and prevention of stomach cancer. The enhancements mean score was 16.72±1.28.Conclusion: The study was found to be effective in improving the knowledge of professional students regarding risk factors and prevention of stomach cancer.Med Phoenix Vol.2(1) July 2017, 8-11

An experimental study to assess the effect of self instructional module on knowledge and practices regarding handling of cytotoxic drugs among the staff nurses working in the pediatric units of selected hospitals in pune city

An experimental study to assess the effect of self instructional module on knowledge and practices regarding handling of cytotoxic drugs among the staff nurses working in the pediatric units of selected hospitals in pune city

A Study to assess the Effectiveness of Self Instructional Module on the Knowledge and Practice of the Mothers of School Age Children with Juvenile Diabetes in the selected Ommunity area of Ahmedabad City of Gujarat State

A study to assess the effectiveness of self instructional module on the Knowledge and practice of the mothers of school age Children with Juvenile diabetes in the selected Community area of Ahmadabad City of Gujarat state. The objectives of the study was (1) To assess the pretest and post test level of Knowledge and practice among the mother of the school age children with juvenile diabetes of control and experimental group.(2)To assess the post test level of Knowledge and practice of control group and experimental group among the mother of the school age children with juvenile diabetes.(3)To assess the effectiveness of the self instructional module by comparing pre and post test score of control and experimental group.(4)To associate with pretest knowledge and practice of the mother with selected demographic variables .The conceptual frame work is based on System theory model. A quasi experimental approach was used for research study; one group pre post design with control group was used for research study. A pre-post interventional study was performed on mothers of school age children of Ahmadabad city of Gujarat State. Purposive sampling was used to select samples. Data collection includes demographic data, knowledge on juvenile diabetes of mothers with help of structured knowledge questionnaires, Practice of juvenile diabetes of mothers with help of structured observation rating scale. Self instructional module was introduced in terms of knowledge and Practice performing by mothers on juvenile diabetes. The main area of knowledge and Practice include - Introduction, Types, causes, chief signs and symptoms, treatment and home management of juvenile diabetes. For the knowledge it is reveals the comparison between pre-test and post-test knowledge score obtained by the Samples. The mean pre test score is 9.26 and the mean post test score is 19.75. The table also shows that the Standard Deviation of pre test knowledge score is 1.76 and that of the post test is 1.74. The calculated't' is 28.17 and the tabulated' is 1.693 at 0.05 level of significance. For practice of the samples it is reveals the comparison between pre-test and post-test practice score obtained by the Samples The mean pre test score is 18.73 and the mean post test score is 36.39. The table also shows that the Standard Deviation of pre test practice score is 7.08 and that of the post test is 6.43. The calculated' is 16.5 and the tabulated' is 1.693 at 0.05 level of significance There was significant difference between pretest mean score and posttest mean score for knowledge and practice of samples regarding juvenile diabetes. After administration of a self instructional module, there was improvement in samples' Knowledge and Practice. So it was concluded that a self instructional module on juvenile diabetes increased the knowledge and practice of mothers of Ahmadabad city of Gujarat state.