Study to Assess The Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Immediate Care for Convulsion among Primary School Teachers in Selected Schools at Vadodara District

Digmita Patel and Arpan Pandya

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Aims1) Assess the existing knowledge regarding immediate care for Convulsion. Aim2) Evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching program regarding immediate care for Convulsion. Aim3) Find out the association between the pre-test knowledge scores among primary school teachers with their selected demographic variable. METHODS 60 Primary school teachers were selected through non-probability convenient technique. Existing knowledge was assessed through a pretest after which STP was given on “Immediate care for Convulsion” to them. A post test was conducted after a week through the same tool as administered during pretest. The module covered aspects on Immediate care for Convulsion: Definition, types, causes, investigation, Immediate care for convulsion. The pretest score were compared and analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics. RESULTS:Comparison between the pre & posttest scores obtained by paired “t” test. To test the hypothesis the level of significance was set at 0.05 level of significant. The value of “t” was calculated to analyze the difference in knowledge of the primary school teachers with their pre-test and post-test scores after calculation “t” calculated 18.87 is more than “t” table 1.69 at the 0.05 level of significance so it shows the very highly significant and association between pre and posttest knowledge score of primary school teachers. CONCLUSION The STP regarding “Immediate care for convulsion” was found to be effectiveness in increasing knowledge level in Primary school teachers.