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A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Organ Donation among the Adults Residing in Selected Area at Karekkad

Regina P. F., Tamil Selvi P., Aswini V. Nair, Mubeena A.K., Namitha S. Nair, Rohini G., Vijisha M., Vipinkrishnan K.

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Background of the Study: “Life is a dynamic process. It starts from birth and ends into death. In between, we pass different stages of life with different diseases and problems. As per the WHO, in last three years, India had poor knowledge about organ donation. In April 2014, 98000 people were in waiting lists for organ transplantation. In that, 106 were waiting per day and 18 people died due to organ shortage. In 2015, the number of waiting people increased up to 120004. Recently, India had less knowledge about organ donation. Objectives of the Study: To assess the knowledge of adults regarding organ donation. To evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding organ donation. To find out the association between the pre-test knowledge score of adults on knowledge regarding organ donation with selected demographic variables. Method: A pre-experimental one group pre-test post-test design was used for the study. The adults who were in the age group of 20–40 years at Karekkad. After the pre-test, a semi-structured teaching programme was administered to the subjects and on the 7th day, post-test was conducted with the same structured knowledge questionnaire. The collected data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result: The mean post-test knowledge score obtained (O2 = 20.54) was higher than the mean pre-test knowledge score (O1 = 10.48), paired „t‟ test was used to find out the significant difference between the mean pre-test and post-test knowledge score. The calculated „t‟ value (11.79) was found to be significant at 0.05 level. This shows that STP was effective in increasing the knowledge of adult regarding organ donation. There was not a significant association between the pre-test knowledge score with the demographic variables like age, sex, religion, education, marital status, and knowledge regarding organ donation. Interpretation and Conclusion: The findings of the study showed that the knowledge score of adults at Karekkad were very less before the STP. The STP facilitated them to gain more knowledge about organ donation which was evident from the post-test knowledge score. Hence, study implies that the STP is an effective strategy for providing information and to improve knowledge of adults at Karekkad.

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