GROUP II RESEARCH ST THOMAS COLLEGE OF NURSING KATTANAM
Under The Guidance Of Mrs Nisha S Nair Professor St Thomas College Of Nursing Kattanam GROUP MEMBERS ALAN SUTHAN ANASWARA PU ASHWIN JOSEPH ELIZABETH ZACHARIA GAYATHRI S JEEVA JAMES JOEL BIJU NEHAL ELZA MATHEW SHAWN SHAJI SHEREENA MATHEW
INTRODUCTION Urinary tract infection (UTI) is defined as significant bacteriuria in the presence of a constellation of symptoms of dysuria (painful urination), increased urinary frequency and urgency, suprapubic discomfort and costovertebral angle tenderness. It is a common cause of infections, particularly among adolescents. They develop a urinary tract infection before the age of 24 years. It is characterized by bacterial invasion and multiplication involving the kidneys and urinary tract pathways. Approximately 60% of females will have at least one episode of urinary tract infection during their lives.
PROBLEM STATEMENT Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge, Attitude and Practice regarding Prevention and Management of Urinary Tract Infections among School aged children in Bharanikkavu Panchayath .
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To assess the knowledge regarding prevention and management of UTI among adolescents To assess the attitude regarding prevention and management of UTI among high school students in Bharanikkavu panchayath . To assess the practice regarding prevention and management of UTI among high school students in Bharanikkavu panchayath To evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding prevention and management of UTI among high school students. To find out the association between knowledge regarding prevention and management of UTI among high school students with selected sociodemographic variables
HYPOTHESIS Hypothesis is a statement of predicted relationship between two or more variables in research study. 9 The following hypothesis will be tested at 0.05 level of significance . H1: There will be a significant difference in pre and post knowledge scores of high school students regarding prevention of urinary tract infection . H2 : There will be significant association between post test score level of knowledge scores of high school students regarding prevention of urinary tract infection.
ASSUMPTIONS Assumptions are the basic principles as being true on the basis of logic or reason without proof or verification. 9 High school students may have some knowledge regarding prevention of urinary tract infection. The structured teaching programme will enhance the knowledge regarding the prevention and management of urinary tract infection.
METHODOLOGY Research methodology of research includes the general pattern of organizing the procedure for Gathering valid and reliable data for problem under study.” 9 -‘ Polit and Hungler ’, 1997 This chapter deals with research approach, research design, variables under study, Schematic representation of study, setting of the study, population, samples and Sampling techniques, content validity, reliability of tool, data collection process and Plan of analysis.
RESEARCH DESIGN Research design is the overall plan for obtaining answer to research questions for Testing the research hypothesis. 9 It can be defined as blue print to conduct a research Study which involved the setting, population , sample, sample size, sampling Technique . 9 For assessing the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding urinary tract infections among school aged children. Experimental research design was used and a structured questionnaire was prepared to collect the data
SAMPLE AND SAMPLING TECHNIQUES Sample size The sample size in quantitative studies largely depends on several purposes of the study , the quality of the informants , answer the type of sampling stratergy used. 9 In this study the sample consist of 50 school students in selected selected schools of Bharanikkavupanchayath . Sampling technique The sample for the study was selected by using convenient sampling technique
STUDY SETTING SAMPLING INSTRUMENT DATA ANALYSIS QUANTITATIVE RESERCH APPROCH PRE-EXPERIMENTAL ONE GROUP PRER-TEST AND POST – TEST DESIGN SELECTED WARD OF BHARANIKKAVU PANCHAYATH TARGET POPULATION: - SCHOOLAGEDCHILDREN SAMPLING TACHNIQUE NON-PROBABILITY PURPOSIVE SAMPLING TECHNIQUE DEMOGRAPHICANDCLINICAL PROFILE STRUCTURED KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONAIRE ATTITUDE SCALE DESCRIPTIVE AND INFERENTIALSTATISTICS RESERCH APPROCH AND DESIGN SCHEMATIC REPRESENTATION OF THE STUDY
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The major findings of the study were out of 50 samples in Pre-Test, most of school aged children had poor knowledge (42%) , (56%) had average knowledge and (2%)had good knowledge. where as in the posttest most of the school aged children had good knowledge of (64%) and average knowledge of (36%). GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF PRE AND POST TEST KNOWLEDGE 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Good knowledge Average knowledge Poor knowledge PRE TEST POST TEST
In pre- test majority (30%) of the children had a good attitude, 46% had an average attitude and 12% has a poor attitude,while in post test majority had good attitude(92%),24%had an (8%)average attitude and none had a poor attitude regarding prevention and management of urinary tract infection.
In pre-test majority (24%) has a poor practice, only 62% has a average level of practice and (14%) has a good practice regarding prevention and management of urinary tract infection.However,inpost-testabout42% had good practice, 58% had average level of practice and no one had poor level of practice regarding prevention and management of urinary tract infection. Chart Title 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 post test pre test good average poor pre test post test
CONCLUSION The statistical analysis of the data revealed the following findings ‡ Knowledge level : In pre test most of the school aged children ( 42% had poor knowledge and 56% had average knowledge and 2% of them had good knowledge. Whereas in post test after the structured teaching programme most of the school aged children had good knowledge (64%) some of them have average knowledge (36%) and none of them had poor knowledge. Nursing implications The researchers has derived the following implications from the study which are of vital concerns in the field nursing service, nursing administration, nursing education and nursing research .
Nursing Administration Public health nurse can think about the measures that can be adopted among the school aged children to prevent UTI. Public health should work with Panchayath to use maximum available resources to prevent UTI and to develop public relations . Nursing research A similar study conducted to identify the factors that prevent UTI from effective home care management of UTI. The findings of the study can be communicated through the journal publication. Limitations There was no sufficient time allowed to observe the change in attitude as post test was conducted one week after the structured teaching programme . Recommendations Similar study can be replicated in large sample in a different setting to generalize the findings. A study can be conducted to evaluate the effect of structured teaching programme among school aged children. Care study can be conducted to identify the risk factors.