Evaluate the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program on Knowledge Regarding Prevention and Management of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) in Patients among Nursing Staffs

Deep vein thrombosis is a condition in which a blood clot leads to the formation of blockage in deep veins. Occlusion of deep veins can be life threatening when clot gets stuck in the brain, lungs, heart, or other area, leading to severe damage and must be treated as medical emergency. The present study's main aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding prevention and management of DVT in patients among nursing staffs. Quantitative approach was applied and quasi experimental pre test post test research design was used for the study. The sample of 60 nursing staffs, 30 in control and 30 in experimental group were selected by convenient sampling technique from the Civil hospital, Phase-6, Mohali. A self administered structured knowledge questionnaire was used to collect the data. Ethical and legal issues were taken into consideration throughout the study. Pre test was taken from both the groups. Then structured teaching program was administered to experimental group. After four days of teaching post test was taken from both the groups. The data analysis was done by using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The data collected was tabulated and analyzed by using frequency distribution, percentage, mean, chi-square and unpaired't ’test. It was found that mean pre test knowledge score of control group was 15 and in experimental group it was 13.8 whereas mean post test knowledge score in control group was 14 and 20.2 in experimental group. The difference between mean pre test and post test knowledge score of experimental group was statistically significant at p < 0.05. It was found that majority of study variables were not significantly associated with pre test knowledge level of nursing staffs except source of information. So, it was concluded that structured teaching program was highly effective in enhancing the knowledge of nursing staffs regarding prevention and management of DVT.