A study to assess the effect of health teaching on coping mechanism among patients undergoing radiation therapy admitted in selected hospitals of Pune city

The main aim of the study was to develop and determine the effectiveness of Planned Teaching on knowledge of coping mechanisms of radiation therapy in terms of knowledge gained among people. The data gathered was analyzed using Descriptive and Inferential Statistics. The level of significance set for testing the hypothesis was 0.05 by using t-test and ANOVA test. The health teaching on knowledge of effect of radiation therapy found to be effective in increasing the knowledge in people. The samples had a highly significant gain in knowledge after the planned teaching program.