Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: July | Volume: 6 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 138-145
A Study to Assess Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme (STP) on Knowledge Regarding Dementia among Adults in A Selected Community Area at Delhi NCR
Mrs. Sushma Yadav
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Prakash College of Nursing, Omega -IV, Greater Noida, U.P.- 201310.
ABSTRACT
Dementia is a collective term used to describe the problems that people with various underlying brain disorders or damage can have with their memory, language and thinking.
Alzheimer's disease, vascular disease, front temporal dementia are the best known and most common disorders under the umbrella of dementia. Dementia as a clinical syndrome is characterized by global cognitive impairment, which represents a decline from previous level of functioning, and is associated with impairment in functional abilities and, in many cases, behavioral and psychiatric disturbances. It is a chronic progressive debilitating disease that is largely a disorder of old age. It is characterized by widespread impairment of mental functioning, progressive memory loss, language difficulties, confusion and disorientation. These impairments are often accompanied by behavioral and psychological disturbance The behavioural disturbances associated with dementia are defined as symptoms of disturbed perception, altered thought content, mood and behavior. Dementia is not merely a problem of memory. It reduces the ability to learn reason, retain or recall past experience and there is also loss of patterns of thoughts, feelings and activities. Additional mental and behavioral problems often affect people who have dementia, and may influence quality of life and the need for institutionalization. As dementia worsens individuals may neglect themselves and may become disinhibited, the individual may become incontinent as their condition worsens. Depression affects 20–30% of people who have dementia, and about 20% have anxiety. Psychosis and agitation/aggression also often accompany dementia. The evidence base on the prevalence of dementia is expanding rapidly, particularly in countries with low and middle incomes. There is such a wide range of dementia and levels of severity that the associated complications are vast. Complications may include increased infections anywhere in the body, loss of ability to function or care for self, loss of ability to interact, abuse by an overstressed caregiver, reduced lifespan, and side effects of medications used to treat the disorder.We select this problem as our research study because we want to assess effectiveness of structural teaching programme (STP) on knowledge regarding dementia among adults in a selected community area at Delhi/ NCR”. The study aims to assess the knowledge regarding knowledge regarding dementia among adults in a selected community area at Delhi/ NCR”. This study is a type of experimental research. The research approach used in this study was experimental survey approach. A purposive sampling technique was used to select the samples. The size of the sample was 30 individuals. Data were collected by using closed questionnaire schedule. Analysis was done by descriptive and inferential Statistics. The result showed that the mean post-test knowledge score (20) was higher than the mean pre-test score (20). The mean difference pre-test score (6.8) of knowledge was significant at 0.05% level at the “t”=7.42*P<0.05. Hence research hypothesis H1 was accepted. This indicates that the planed reaching program was effective in increasing the knowledge about dementia and prevention of dementia among adults.
Key words: Dementia disorders, knowledge level of adults, effectiveness of structural teaching programme,
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