Assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding the awareness of risk factors of diabetes mellitus

Abstract

The present aim was to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding the awareness of risk factors of Diabetes Mellitus among home makers in Porur. A quantitative research with one group pre-test post-test design was used for the present study.100 home makers were selected by using non probability convenience sampling technique. Self- structured questionnaire method was used to collect both the demographic data and the knowledge to assess the awareness of risk factors of Diabetes Mellitus among home makers In pre-test, out of 100 samples 26 (26%) had inadequate knowledge, 64 (64%) had moderate knowledge and 10 (10%) have adequate knowledge in pretest. In post-test, out of 100 samples 80 (80%) had adequate knowledge, 20 (20%) had moderate knowledge and none of them had inadequate knowledge in post-test. In pretest, the mean value was 16.73 and standard deviation 4.01. and in post-test, The mean value is 24.84 and the standard deviation is 3.15. The mean difference between pre and post-test is 8.11. The paired t test value is 31.2730 and was highly significant and the study finally concluded that there was an significant improvement in mean and standard deviation in the post-test when comparing with the pre-test.