Background: Pressure sores are a serious health concern for elders in acute care, long term care, and home care settings. It may result in morbidity and mortality and with high cost in terms of human sufferings, cost of treatment, and possible litigation. prevention of pressure sores involves skin care, diet, hygiene, lifestyles, position changes and supportive devices. Aim: To assess the effectiveness of planned health teaching regarding prevention of pressure sores among attendants of bedridden patients in selected hospitals of Pune. Methods: A Quasi- experimental One- group Pretest Post-test design was done on 60 attendants of bed ridden patients, convenient sampling technique was adopted to select the samples, self-structured questionnaire was made to assess the knowledge of attendants of bed ridden patients regarding pressure sores in selected hospitals of Pune city. Results: Majority 19(31.67%) of the group of 39-48, 17(28.33%) in group of 29-38, 15(25.00%) in group of 19-28.9 (15%)group of ≥ to 49. education wise 20(33.33%) primary education, 21(35%) secondary , 9(15%) graduate, 8(13.33) post graduate. occupation wise 26 (43.33%) had private service, 11(18.33%) government employee, 15 ( 25%) business. religion wise 51(85%) were Hindus, 4(6.67%) Christians, 5(8.33%) Muslims. 33(55%) were siblings, 12(20%) parents, 9 (15%) in- laws,6(10%) friends of the patients.pre and post test knowledge scores15(25%)poor ,44(73.33%) average,60(100%) had good knowledge. The pre test and post test knowledge score was p<0.0001. Conclusion: Finding from this study revealed that after planned health teaching the knowledge score is high. This mean that planned health teaching programme is significantly effective in all area.
