A study to assess the effectiveness of STP on knowledge regarding prevention of osteoarthritis among young people residing in selected rural areas of Chaubepur, Kanpur,UP

Abstract

A study to assess the effectiveness of STP on knowledge regarding osteoarthritis among young adults residing in selected rural areas of Kanpur. The objective of the study was to assess the pretest knowledge regarding osteoarthritisamong young adults.To determine the effectiveness of STP on knowledge regarding prevention of osteoarthritis.To determine the association between pretest level of knowledge with their selected demographic variables.A pre experimental approach was used for the study of 30 samples. The subjects are chosen by non-probability convenient sampling technique. The study was conducted at selected rural areas of Kanpur. Knowledge Questionnaire was used to collect the data, the obtained data were analyzed and interpreted in terms of objectives of the study, descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis: the level of significance was set at 0.05 levels.The study revealed that in the pretest out of 30 young adults 22 had inadequate knowledge, 8 had moderate knowledge and no one had adequate knowledge and in post-test 22 had moderate knowledge and 8 had adequate knowledge and the obtained t test value was 20.37 proved that STP was effective to improve knowledge regarding prevention of osteoarthritis among the participants, hence hypotheses 1 was accepted. Then investigator assessed the association between pretest knowledge regarding prevention of osteoarthritis with selected demographic variables and found that, Gender, occupational status, previous knowledge regarding prevention of osteoarthritis, and family history of osteoarthritis of the had significant association with pretest knowledge level regarding prevention of osteoarthritis hence hypothesis (H2) was accepted. The study concluded that structured teaching program was effective to improve knowledge regarding prevention of osteoarthritis.