An Evaluative Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Care of COVID-19 Patients Among Staff Nurses at Selected Hospitals

Abstract

The finding of the study reveals that in the pre-test 25 (41.67%) staff nurses had average knowledge regarding care of COVID-19. Where as in post-test 60 (100%) were having good knowledge regarding care of COVID-19. The finding of effectiveness of self-structured awareness programme on knowledge reveals that there was significant difference in pre-test and post-test knowledge scores among staff nurses regarding care of COVID-19 patient as calculated “t” value (17.7) was greater than table value (3.47) at p < 0.01 level of significance. The above findings indicate that school based educational programme was effective in improving the knowledge of staff nurses regarding care of COVID-19 patients. The finding of association of knowledge regarding care of COVID-19 patients among staff nurses with socio-demographic variable related to age as the chi-square value (8.79) was greater than table value 7.82 at 0.05 level of significance. Hence hypothesis (H2) was accepted. Whereas hypothesis (H2) was rejected regarding socio-demographic variables i.e., marital status, religion, occupation source of information, work experience as the chi square values i.e., 1.47, 1.09, 6.03 was less than table values 3.84, 5.99, 7.82 at 0.05 level of significance respectively.