Padmashree Institute of Nursing, Bangalore
Bronchial asthma is one of the most prevalent disorders of childhood which has a lasting impact on the growth and development of children. In a developing country like India, it has resulted in a spiraling rise in health care costs for children. So it is imperative that mothers of asthmatic children have adequate knowledge regarding asthma and its management so that they are able to take preventive steps.
To assess the pretest knowledge on bronchial asthma and its management among mothers of asthmatic children.
To assess the posttest knowledge on bronchial asthma and its management among mothers of asthmatic children.
To assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on bronchial asthma and its management among mothers of asthmatic children.
To associate pretest knowledge on bronchial asthma and its management among mothers of asthmatic children with their selected demographic variable
A quantitative approach was used to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding bronchial asthma and its management among mothers of asthmatic children. The research design for the study was quasi experimental one group pretest posttest design. Samples of 60 mothers of asthmatic children were selected for the study using non probability convenient sampling technique. A structured knowledge questionnaire was used to collect the data from the mothers before and after the administration of the structured teaching program on knowledge regarding bronchial asthma and its management among mothers of asthmatic children. The tool for the data collected was validated by the experts and reliability was established using split half method. Pilot study was conducted to determine the feasibility of the study following which the main study was done. Ethical and legal parameters were taken into consideration throughout the study. The data collected were tabulated and analyzed using frequency distribution, percentage, mean, standard deviation, chi-square test and paired‘t’ test.
Majority 34(56.67%) of mothers were between 21–25 years, 51 (85%) were Hindus, 40(80%) were married, 35(58.33%) were general nurses, 37(61.66%) were Hindus, 22(36.67%) had primary education,40(66.67%) had monthly income between Rs 1501–3000, 28(46.67%) were employed in private sector, 38(63.3%) belonged to nuclear family, 31(51.67%) lived in rural areas,30(50%) had children with duration of illness less than 1 year, 49(81.67%) had no family history of asthma and 43(68.3%) had no previous exposure to knowledge.
The findings reveals that, in the pretest 36(60%) had moderate knowledge and 24(40%) had inadequate knowledge regarding Bronchial Asthma and its Management.
The findings reveals that, in the post test majority of them 56(93.33%) had adequate knowledge, 4(6.67%) had moderate knowledge and none of them had inadequate knowledge regarding Bronchial Asthma and its Management.
The findings depict that, the enhancement between pretest and posttest was 10.03 and obtained paired‘t’ test value was 6.56, it was highly significant at 5% level p< 0.001. This showed the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme. Hence, research hypothesis (H1) stated that there will be a significant difference in the pretest and posttest knowledge score of mothers on bronchial asthma and its management.
The association of demographic variables with pretest level of knowledge by using chi-square test revealed that there was statistically significant association with level of education, monthly income, occupation and duration of illness of child at p < 0.05. Hence the research hypothesis (H2) stated that there will be significant association between selected demographic variables with pretest knowledge score of mothers was accepted.
The present study attempted to assess the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Bronchial Asthma and Its Management among Mothers of Asthmatic Children found that the developed STPwas effective in improving the knowledge of mothers on bronchial asthma and its management.
