Research Paper
Year: 2023 | Month: January | Volume: 10 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 647-653
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20230172
Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Otitis Media and Its Prevention among Mothers of Under Five Children: A Pre-Experimental Study
Dr. Tara Ramtel1, Kamala Rana2, Bhawana Shrestha3
1Associate Professor, Campus Chief, Asian College for Advance Studies, Purbanchal University, Nepal
2Lecturer, Department of Nursing, Asian College for Advance Studies, Purbanchal University, Nepal
3Coordinator BSc Nursing Program, Asian College for Advance Studies, Purbanchal University, Nepal
Corresponding Author: Dr. Tara Ramtel
ABSTRACT
Background: Otitis media is the inflammation of the middle ear. Every year, over 700 million people get otitis media. Otitis media-related hearing loss nearly doubles in children aged 1 to 5 years1. Most affected people live in low-income countries, including Nepal.
Methods:A pre-experimental one-group pre-test post-test design was used to assess the effectiveness of the structural teaching programme (STP) on otitis media and its prevention. A purposive sampling technique was used. The study included 120 mothers of under-five children residing in the rural community of Lalitpur, Nepal. For respondents who could read, write, a structured knowledge questionnaire was distributed, and for those who could not, interviews were conducted.
Results: The mean pre-test knowledge score was 44.2% (SD 9.3%), whereas the mean post-test knowledge score was 85.8% (7.8 %.), and the enhancement mean knowledge was 41.6% (SD 9.7%). When a paired t-test was done, the obtained value of 33.22 was found to be significant at 0.05. A significant association was found between respondents' pretest knowledge levels of otitis media and its prevention and socio-demographic variables such as age, type of family, the number of children, education status, occupation, monthly income, and whether they had heard about it before.
Conclusion: The majority of the participants had inadequate knowledge about otitis media and its prevention. The mean pre-test and post-test knowledge scores of respondents differed significantly. As a result, the study found that STP was effective.
Keywords: effectiveness, structural teaching programme, knowledge, mothers of under five children.
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