A Study to assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge and Practice among Mothers of Under five Children regarding Play Therapy in A Selected Area at Bangalore

The improvement of knowledge and practice regarding play therapy among mothers of under-five children in enabling the effectiveness of planned teaching programme as an independence nursing intervention. The research design adopted was pre-experimental one group pre-test post test. The conceptual frame work for this study was based on J.W. Kenny's open system. The study had been conducted in primary health center, kadusonappanahalli, Bangalore, Karnataka. The data were analyzed by using both descriptive and inferential statistical method paired‘t’ test was used to evaluating the effective of planned teaching programme on knowledge and practice regarding play therapy among mothers of under five children. The obtained calculated value was 26.43, and 37.2which shows highly significant at the level of 0.001. The findings of the study revealed, that planned teaching programme was effectiveness in improving knowledge and practice regarding play therapy among mothers of under five children.