Effect of Video Assisted Teaching (VAT) regarding Knowledge on Home Care Management of Hemodialysis among Care Takers

Pre experimental, one group pre and post design study was conducted on 40, Caretaker s of hemodialysis patient with A.V. fistula and A.V. Shunt. As intervention VAT (Video Assisted Teaching) given to caretakers regarding home care management of hemodialysis. The level of knowledge was assessed by structured knowledge questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. The finding of the study depict that there is a significant difference between the pre test and post test knowledge scores. The over all pre test mean knowledge score was 14.8.and overall post test mean knowledge score was 25.8. The difference was statistically proved with paired ‘t’ test, value (14.6) and was highly significant at the level of p ≤0.05 and 0.01 level. Regarding level of satisfaction on VAT (Video Assisted Teaching), 88% were highly satisfied, 12% were moderate satisfied.