Effectiveness of self instructional module on knowledge regarding prevention of stroke among hypertensive patients in a selected hosipitals at Madurai District.

To assess the level of knowledge regarding prevention of stroke among hypertensive patients in a selected hospital. To evaluate the effectiveness of self instructional module knowledge regarding prevention of stroke among hypertensive patients in a selected hospital. To find out the association between the pre-test level of knowledge with their selected demographic variables. Conceptual frame work: The study was based on General System Theory by Ludwig Von Bertalanffy (1968).Approach: Evaluatory approach was adopted for this study. Design: preexperimental one group pre-test post-test design was adopted for this study. Settings: The study was conducted at Nandhini Nursing Home at Madurai. Sample Size: The Sample size was 60 hypertensive patients. Sampling Technique: The Non probability purposive sampling technique was used to select the samples. Methods of data collection procedure: Data was collected from the hypertensive patients to assess the level knowledge by using semi-structured knowledge questionnaire before implementation of self instructional module. Post test was conducted 1 week after administration of self instructional module, the level of knowledge was assessed. The collected were tabulated and analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistic. Results: The result showed that, there was a significant difference between pre-test and posttest level knowledge regarding prevention of stroke among hypertensive patients. The obtain t-value (33.67) was greater than the table value at 0.05 level of significant. CONCLUSION: This study concludes that Self Instructional module was effective in improving the level of knowledge regarding prevention of stroke among hypertensive patients