Bellarmin-fernando Prudensia, (2018) Assess the effectiveness of psycho education module on knowledge regarding extra pyramidal symptoms among caregivers of patients on antipsychotic drugs attending outpatient department at Institute of Mental Health, Chennai. Masters thesis, College of Nursing, Madras Medical College, Chennai.
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Abstract
Antipsychotic drugs are administered to control the symptoms of psychosis such as hallucinations and bizarre or paranoid behavior. These drugs calm without sedation or reduction in alertness. Acute extra pyramidal symptoms are like acute dystonia, akathisia and parkinsonism develop within hours or weeks after initiating or increasing doses of antipsychotics. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM: “Assess the effectiveness of psycho education module on knowledge regarding extra pyramidal symptoms among caregivers of patients on antipsychotic drugs attending outpatient department at IMH, Chennai”. OBJECTIVES: To assess the pre test and post test level of care givers knowledge regarding extra pyramidal symptoms and find out the effectiveness of psycho education module and association of post test knowledge score with a selected demographic variables. METHODS AND MATERIALS: A pre experimental design was chosen. Non probability convenient sampling technique used to select the sample. 60 care givers were the sample. Glasgow Antipsychotic Side-effect Scale (GASS) was used to assess the care givers knowledge level. RESULTS: In pre test, care givers knowledge score was 30.15after the administration of psycho education module their knowledge score was 13.63. Difference is 16.51. It was statistically significant at p < 0.001 level. CONCLUSION: After psycho education module, the caregivers gained good level knowledge score. So Psycho education module has significant impact in gaining of knowledge score among care givers of antipsychotic patients.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Psycho education module, knowledge, extra pyramidal symptoms, care givers. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Psychiatric Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Subramani R |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Oct 2019 02:04 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Oct 2019 02:04 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/11657 |
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