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Volume : II, Issue : XI, December - 2012 EFFECTIVENESS OF HEALTH INSTRUCTION RELATED TO DIET AND DRUG IN INCREASING THEB LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE ON HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS ASSOCIATED WITH CARDIAC PROBLEMS CINU ABDEESSO DOI : 10.9780/22307850, Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : The study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of health instruction related
to diet and drugs in increasing the level of knowledge on hypertensive patients
associated with cardiac problems.
The study was experimental in nature and quasiexperimental design was used
to achieve the objectives of the study, which was conducted in a selected hospital at
Bangalore. This study was carried on a group of hypertensive patients associated with
cardiac problems and who were admitted first and second time in the hospital. The
sampling technique was purposive sampling consisting of 15 patients in the
experimental group and another 15 in the control group who were chosen randomly.
A structured interview schedule consisting of 45 questions were prepared from
the three lessons to be taught and were administered on the initial day of admission to
patients of both experimental and control group. The questions were closed ended to be
answered either “yes” or “no” or “don't know”. Health instruction lessons were given
only to the experimental group for the next three days. A total of three lessons were
included with one lesson being taught each day.
A post test was then conducted to both the groups with the same questionnaire
one day after the last teaching. Descriptive and inferential statistics had been used to
analyses the date. The comparative results of the post test scores of the experimental
group and the control group showed that the scores of the experimental group was
significantly higher than the post test scores of the control group.
This study indicates that the health instruction regarding diet and drug in the
management of hypertension was effective in increasing the knowledge of hypertensive
patients. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : CINU ABDEESSO, (2012). EFFECTIVENESS OF HEALTH INSTRUCTION RELATED TO DIET AND DRUG IN INCREASING THEB LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE ON HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS ASSOCIATED WITH CARDIAC PROBLEMS. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. II, Issue. XI, DOI : 10.9780/22307850, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/1738.pdf References : - Abdella Faye G, Eugene Levin, (1979), “Better patient care through nursing research”, Macmillan Publishing company, New York.
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