Effectiveness of structured teaching programme on prevention of spread of infection among the clients with tuberculosis

Background: A quasi experimental study was used to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Structured teaching Programme on knowledge regarding pulmonary tuberculosis and its management among clients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Gov Hospital, chrompet at Chennai was under taken. The objectives of the study: • To assess the knowledge regarding pulmonary tuberculosis among clients with pulmonary tuberculosis. • To determine the effect of structured teaching programme regarding pulmonary tuberculosis in gain of knowledge. • To determine the association between gain in knowledge score with selected demographic variables. Method: Simple random sampling technique was used to select the sample. The sample selected for data collection were those who fulfilled the criteria laid down for the selection of the sample and who were available during the period of data collection. Data was collected by structured interview schedule. The tool consists of two parts. First part consists of demographic data of the sample and second part consists of data related to the knowledge of subjects regarding pulmonary tuberculosis. Results: The level of knowledge regarding disease and prevention of tuberculosis was assessed, out of 60- clients 8.33% had adequate knowledge and 15% had moderately adequate knowledge in pre-test. The mean value for the knowledge regarding the disease was 3.27 with standard deviation of 2.06 whereas the mean value for prevention was only 5.33 with the standard deviation of 2.6%. In post-test 71.66% had adequate knowledge and 28.33% had moderately adequate knowledge regarding tuberculosis. Regarding prevention 15% were adequate knowledge and 87% were moderately adequate knowledge. The correlation with level of knowledge between pre & post among clients with tuberculosis shows positive correlation between two scores (P=0.05) Interpretation and Conclusion: The study findings revealed that tuberculosis clients had adequate knowledge on preventive aspects of the disease. The above conclusion were drawn on the basis of the finding of the study, that the mean post-test score was higher than mean pre-test score so it indicates that STP was effective.