Effectiveness of trained community level workers on knowledge regarding diabetes mellitus

The study was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of trained community level workers on knowledge regarding diabetes mellitus among general public. The research design used for this study was pre experimental one group pretest-post test design. Non probability purposive sampling technique was used to select 315 samples for the study. The mean pretest level of knowledge score was 6.57 with S.D 5.19. The mean post test level of knowledge score was 21.72 with S.D 2.86. The overall mean improved score for knowledge ‘t ’value of 45.39 which was significant at p=0.001 level. The findings showed that there was a significant improvement of knowledge among general public in the post test after teaching was given by trained community level workers.