Effectiveness of structured educational programme on knowledge regarding prevention of hypertensive complications among hypertensive patients residing inselected area at sikar

Research Article
Mr. Mahendra Singh Bajiya and Dr. Nilesh Soni
DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.20251611.0105
Subject: 
Nursing
KeyWords: 
Effectiveness, structured educational programme, prevention of hypertensive complications. Hypertensive patients.
Abstract: 

Abstract: A study knowledge regarding prevention of hypertensive complications among hypertensive patients residing in selected area at Sikar. Material & Method: The quantitative research approach and pre- experimental one group pre test post test design was adopted for this study. Non probability convenience sampling technique was used for sample selection. The data were observed from 300hypertensive patients. The study was conducted at Radhakrishnan Pura, Kishan Colony, Veer Teja Colony, Jaldhari Nagar, Sikar. Structured question tool was used to gather the data. Through SPSS, both descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. Results: Result showed that during pre-test majority 175(58.3%) had average knowledge and 118(39.3%) had poor knowledge&6(2%) had good knowledge where as in post-test maximum 208(69.3%) had good knowledge and 84(28%) had average knowledge& 8(2.7%) had poor knowledge regarding prevention of hypertensive complications among hypertensive patients. Result on knowledge showed that post-test mean knowledge score 17.70±2.62 was higher than mean pre-test knowledge score 9.42±2.42 with mean difference of 8.28 with calculated value (t=41.93 at df=299, p=0.001) was found significant.