A Study to assess the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding "Acute Respiratory Tract Infection among Mothers of Under Five Children at Piparia, Vadodara"

Acute respiratory tract infections are the most common cause of illness and death among children in the world. In India, in the year 2001, outpatient attendance attributed to acute respiratory infections was as high as 20 percent to 40 percent of all the clients and 12 percent to 35 percent of in patients. Children all over the world suffer from frequent coughs and cold, but in developing countries these are often associated with life threatening pneumonia, which is the leading cause of death among under-five children.1

An evaluative research approach with pre-experimental design was used. The sampling technique used was non - probability convenient sampling. Data was collected from 50 mothers, from Piparia village, Vadodara. Data collection was done from 8-11-2013 to 24-11-2013. Permission taken from the Sarpanch of the Piparia Village was obtained prior to data collection process. The tool consist of section: 1 Demographic profile, section:2 - knowledge component of acute respiratory tract infection consisting 30 items. The reliability of the tool was established by using test retest method. Hence the tool was found to be reliable. Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics Descriptive statistics used were frequency, mean, range and standard deviation. The data was also presented graphically.

The investigator found that the area wise comparison of knowledge scores of mothers of under five children regarding acute respiratory tract infections., means, standard deviation, and mean score percentage, value are compared and paired ‘t’ test is applied at 0.05 level of significance. The tabulated ‘t’ value for 49 degree of freedom is 2.00 and calculated’ value greater than in area wise distribution of knowledge scores. The calculated’ value were much higher than tabulated’ value at 0.05 level of significance which was statistically acceptable level of significance. So there is significance difference in knowledge scores of mothers of under five children regarding acute respiratory tract infections. in Pipriya at Vadodara. Comparision of level of knowledge scores of the mothers of under five children regarding acute respiratory tract infection, it shows that post test knowledge scores of mothers were much higher knowledge as compared to pre test knowledge scores. So h1 is accepted.

The study findings revealed that structured teaching programme was highly effective in improving knowledge of mothers regarding ARTI.