A study to assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching programme on knowledge regarding osteoporosis and its prevention among menopausal women in selected areas at Erode

A study to assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching programme on knowledge regarding osteoporosis and its prevention among menopausal women in selected areas at Erode OBJECTIVES : 1. To assess the knowledge among menopausal women, before and after video assisted teaching programme regarding osteoporosis and its prevention. 2. To implement and evaluate the effectiveness of video assisted teaching programme on knowledge regarding osteoporosis and its prevention among menopausal women. 3.To find out the association between knowledge of menopausal women regarding osteoporosis and its prevention with selected demographic variables such as age, marital status, education, religion, occupation, socio economic status, type of family, and family history of osteoporosis. HYPOTHESIS : H1- video assisted teaching programme will be effective in improving the knowledge regarding osteoporosis and its prevention among menopausal women. H2- There will be significant association between the knowledge of menopausal women regarding osteoporosis and its preventions with their selected demographic variables such as age, marital status, education, religion, occupation, socio economic status, type of family, and family history of osteoporosis. METHODOLOGY : The research approach used for this study was Quantitative educative and evaluative approach and the research design was quasi-experimental design.60 menopausal women were selected for this study by using purposive sampling technique. Data were collected with the help of self structured knowledge questionnaires. Descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (chi-square, paired ‘t’ test, unpaired ‘t’ test) were used to analyze the data and to test hypothesis