A study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on the knowledge regarding side effects of chemotherapy and its coping strategies among the patients admitted in cancer units of selected hospitals, hubli, Karnataka. Totally 45 cancer patients who were undergoing chemotherapy are selected by non-probability purposive sampling technique. The knowledge was assessed by using structured interview schedule. The study results revealed that in the pretest 30(66.66%) had average knowledge & 8 (17.77%) had poor knowledge and 7 (15.66%) had good knowledge on the side effects of chemotherapy and its coping strategies. Whereas in the post test, 37 (83.33%) had good knowledge and 8 (17.77%) had average knowledge. The calculated paired‘t’ value (t cal = 20.866) is greater than the tabulated value (t tab = 1.960) at p<0.05 which reveals that there was a gain in knowledge after administration of STP. Probability values of X2 contingency table revealed that the gain in knowledge and socio demographic variables is independent. This means that gain in knowledge & practice scores has nothing to do with sociodemographic variables of patients with chemotherapy. The study findings concluded that planned teaching progamme on side effects of chemotherapy and its coping strategies is effective in improving the knowledge of patients.

Keywords: Structured Teaching Progamme (STP); Chemotherapy; Side Effects; Coping Strategies.