Effectiveness of Video Assisted Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Practice of Body Mechanics among Staff Nurses in Selected Hosptals, Moradabad

Body mechanics is a term applied for describing the movements that we tend to make normally for carrying out our daily activities including sitting, standing, walking, lifting, lying in bed, pushing and pulling. A quantitative research using true experimental design was conducted to assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching programme on knowledge regarding practice of body mechanics among staff nurses in selected Hospitals, Moradabad. 60 staff nurses (30 experimental and 30 control group) were selected using simple random sampling technique and knowledge was assessed using structure knowledge questionnaire and assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching programme in experimental group. Video assisted teaching programme was prepared to provide knowledge regarding practice of body mechanics. After the assessment all experimental and control group participants have moderate knowledge, in post-test experimental group 93% of the staff nurses having adequate knowledge followed by in control group 93% of the staff nurses having moderate knowledge. The unpaired ‘t’ test value (5) post-test mean knowledge score of experimental and control group was obtained, it shows that there was a significant difference between mean post-test knowledge score in experimental and control group at the level of p<0.05, after video assisted teaching programme (experimental group).

Nurses with expertise in body mechanics must share their knowledge with other nursing staffs and ensure that their practice is based on the best evidence available and for these various in services, education program should be organized, and the nurses should implement in their daily practices so that the risk of back problems/injuries should be avoided.