Effectiveness of video teaching programme on Self-Help techniques of osteoarthritis among elderly in selected old age homes, Coimbatore

Osteoarthritis is a disease in which the cartilage which acts as a cushion in between bones in joints begins to overstress, resulting in swelling and pain in joints which affects negatively. It could be also called as degenerative arthritis or degenerative joint disease.

Assess the effectiveness of video teaching programme on Self-Help techniques of Osteoarthritis among Elderly for improving their knowledge and practice.

Quasi experimental time series design

Old age homes, Coimbatore

272 osteoarthritis clients.

Osteoarthritis identification tool, Modified WOMAC Index tool, structured interview schedule, observational checklist and video teaching programme on self-help techniques of Osteoarthritis. Both descriptive and Inferential statistics were used.

distribution of osteoarthritis clients according to their severity level of osteoarthritis shows that, in pre-test, 97 percentage of clients had severe level of osteoarthritis, in post test 74 percentage of clients in mild level of severity through fully adaptation of self-help technique. Significant association formed between the knowledge and practice of OA clients when compared to the demographic variables. difference between the pre and post-test knowledge and practice of self-help techniques of osteoarthritis shows highly significant difference. Karl Pearson's co-relation co-efficient analysis between knowledge and practice score of the post-test shows significant positive relationship (r= 0.882). Paired‘t’ test was calculated to analyze the severity of osteoarthritis, shows that in pre and post-test there was a significant difference in WOMAC index. difference in severity of osteoarthritis in pre and post assessment by using one way repeated measure ANOVA shows there was a significant improvement in the observation of reduction in severity of osteoarthritis.

After implementation of video teaching programme on self-help technique of osteoarthritis shows the clients had excellent knowledge and fully adoptive practice of self-care management as well as reduced the severity of osteoarthritis gradually and significantly.