Abstract

Aim: A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding the management of haemophilia among mothers of children with haemophilia. Objectives: The objective of the study to identify the knowledge of mothers. Mothers regarding the management of haemophilia. To determine the association between post-test knowledge score and demographic variables. Method: The research approach used for the study was one group pre-test post-tests design. The setting was Alkai hospital and Ashwini hospital .Sample for the major study included 50 mothers on the basis of convenient sampling technique method. A structured questionnaire was used to evaluate the knowledge of mothers of children with haemophilia. The reliability of the tool was established by split half technique and the reliability co-efficient were calculated to be 0.95. Result: The findings revealed that knowledge scores of mothers were inadequate before the administration of STP on management of haemophilia among mothers of children with haemophilia. i.e. mean percentage of pre-test was 39%. The STP helped them to update their knowledge on management of haemophilia among mothers of children with haemophilia. The mean percentage of post-test knowledge of sample significantly increased about nearly 79.95% after administration of STP. The data was analysed by applying Descriptive and Inferential statistics. The results of the study indicated that mothers do not have adequate knowledge regarding management of haemophilia. Conclusion: The conclusion drawn on the basis of following findings of the study. assessment project has helped the investigator to develop an STP to improve the knowledge on management of haemophilia among mothers of children with haemophilia. The results have also shown that various demographic variable have significant association with respect to the knowledge of mothers regarding management of haemophilia.

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