Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development

Data was collected through the use of hemophilia patients knowledge tests which were developed for the purpose of the study, which consists of three parts: The first part is related to the demographic characteristics like patients’ age, level of education, marital status, type of parents marriage relationship, residential area, type and severity of hemophilia; The second part consists of hemophilia patients’ knowledge items which is a of list of (42) items in regard to definition of hemophilia, symptoms of bleeding, major common bleeding, site of bleeding was also developed for the determination of the characteristics of the subject. The reliability of the instrument was determination through use of person correlation coefficient for the test retest approach was (0.94) for hemophilia patient's knowledge. Instrument validity was determined through a panel of experts. Analysis of data was performed through the application of descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage) and inferential statistics (t-test). The study results had revealed that the study group participant had benefited from the implementation of the educational program. However, their knowledge were adequately improved and developed.