Muthulakshmi, V (2018) A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding rehabilitation among patients with rheumatoid arthritis in rheumatology ward at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Chennai. Masters thesis, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, Chennai.
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory joint disease, which can cause cartilage and bone damage as well as the disability and it is not a hereditary disease. It can be develop at any age, but more commonly between the age group of 20 to 60 years. Rheumatoid arthritis cannot be cured, but people can help to adopt the self-management techniques and maximize the quality life. So the study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding rehabilitation among patients with rheumatoid arthritis in rheumatology ward at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, Chennai 03. OBJECTIVE: To assess the level of knowledge regarding rehabilitation among patient with rheumatoid arthritis ,to determine the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding rehabilitation among patients with rheumatoid arthritis, to determine the association between the selected variables and posttest knowledge regarding rehabilitation among patients with rheumatoid arthritis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A Pre–experimental, one group pretest, posttest design was conducted. A total of 60 samples were selected by using non probability purposive sampling technique. Data were collected from the Rheumatoid arthritis patients using a semi-structured questionnaire before and after the implementation of structured teaching program. The data were tabulated and analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. RESULTS: The study results shows, there was a significant difference between the pretest and posttest level of knowledge regarding rehabilitation among patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The obtained t-value (27.55) was greater than the table value at 0.05 level of significance. So the study concluded the structured teaching programme was effective (p < 0.001) so the level of knowledge was improved regarding rehabilitation among patients with rheumatoid arthritis. CONCLUSION: The findings of the study revealed that there was a significant difference between pre-test and post-test knowledge scores of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. There was a significant difference between selected demographic variables and post-test knowledge score of patients regarding rehabilitation among rheumatoid arthritis. It reveals that the structured teaching programme was effective in improving the knowledge regarding rehabilitation among rheumatoid arthritis. Structured teaching programme is easily understandable and cost effective programme which improves the knowledge regarding rehabilitation among patients rheumatoid arthritis.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Additional Information: | Reg.No.301611255 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Rheumatoid arthritis, Rehabilitation, Structured Teaching Programme. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Medical Surgical Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Subramani R |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Sep 2019 02:07 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Oct 2019 06:21 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/11587 |
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