EFFECTIVENESS OF NURSE LED INTERVENTIONAL PACKAGE ON KNOWLEDGE OF MOTHERS REGARDING HOME CARE MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN WITH BRONCHIAL ASTHMA IN OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT OF THE SELECTED HOSPITALS AT KOLLAM DISTRICT
Jimi Patrishia Jerome*, Betcy K. Jayims, S. Anand and K. R. Anoopa
ABSTRACT
A quantitative study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of nurse led interventional package on knowledge of mothers regarding home care management of children with bronchial asthma in outpatient department of the selected hospitals at Kollam district. A pre- experimental one group pretest posttest design was used and fifty samples were selected by using non probability purposive sampling technique. The tool used was self-structured knowledge questionnaire. Posttest was conducted on the 7th day of pretest. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The result shows that the mean pretest and posttest score were 11.42 and 20.94 respectively. The calculated ‘t’ value is 36.08 which was greater than the table value at 0.05 level of significance. It concludes that there is significant difference between mean pretest and posttest knowledge scores of mothers. The findings of the study suggest that nurse led interventional package was effective in improving the knowledge of mothers regarding home care management of children with bronchial asthma.
Keywords: Nurse led interventional package, mothers of children with bronchial asthma, knowledge, home care management.
[Full Text Article]
[Download Certificate]
Impact Factor : 8.181 
