Effectiveness of Video Assisted Teaching Programme regarding Self Care Management in terms of knowledge and practice among patients with COPD admitted in IRT Perundurai Medical College Hospital, Perundurai, Erode District.

The study was done to assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching programme regarding self care management among patients with COPD in terms of knowledge and practice. OBJECTIVES: 1. To assess the pretest knowledge and practice scores regarding self care management among patients with COPD. 2. To assess the post test knowledge and practice scores regarding self care management among patients with COPD. 3. To compare pretest and post test knowledge scores regarding self care management among patients with COPD. 4. To compare pretest and post test practice scores regarding self care management among patients with COPD 5. To correlate the post test knowledge scores and post test practice scores regarding self care management among patients with COPD. 6. To find out the association between post test knowledge score regarding self care management among patients with COPD with their selected demographic variables. 7. To find out the association between post test practice score regarding self care management among patients with COPD with their selected demographic variables. An evaluative study with one group pretest, post test, pre experimental design was used for the study which was conducted at IRT- Perundurai Medical College Hospital. The total sample of the study was 50 patients with COPD. The Samples were selected by purposive sampling method who met the inclusion criteria. The study was based widenbach’s helping art theory that assesses the effectiveness through identifying of help, ministering the needed help and validating the need for help to achieve the central purpose. Review of literature helped the investigator to develop necessary tool. The instrument consists of three parts with demographic variables, structured knowledge questionnaire to assess knowledge, rating scale to assess practice. The study was conducted at IRT- Perundurai Medical College Hospital COPD Patients admitted in the ward were included in the study and confidentiality was assured. The investigator gave brief introduction and pretest was conducted for 30 minutes and the video assisted teaching programme was conducted for 40 minutes. Post test was done on 7th day. The data collected was analyzed and interpreted using descriptive and inferential statistics. Effectiveness of video assisted teaching programme was assessed by paired‘t’ test. Karl Pearson test was used to find out the correlation between knowledge and practice among patients with COPD. Chi–square test was used to find out the association the demographic variables with knowledge and regarding self care management among patients with COPD. There was an improvement in knowledge, and practice regarding self care management. Finding showed that the video assisted teaching programme was effective in increasing the knowledge and practice among patients with COPD regarding self care management. CONCLUSION: The existing knowledge regarding self care management among patients with COPD was inadequate and moderately adequate. The existing practice regarding self care management among patients with COPD was inadequate practice and moderately adequate practice. The video assisted teaching programme significantly increased the knowledge and practice as evidenced by the ‘t’ value of knowledge (‘t’ value is 30.6), and practice (‘t’ value is 26.41) regarding self care management among patients with COPD. The study findings revealed that there was a significant improvement in the knowledge of patients with COPD after video assisted teaching programme. The provision of video teaching programme will motivate the patients with COPD and help them to acquire knowledge and correct practice regarding self care management