Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme Regarding Safety Precaution for Avoiding Home Accidents among Old Age People in Pahal, Khurda District, Odisha

Abstract

A quantitative approach and pre experimental research design was undertaken on 60 elderly persons selected by convenient sampling technique. The data was collected by using multiple choice close ended questionnaires through interview schedule. The collected data were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings revealed that highest percentage of elderly 60% were in the age 60-65 years.55% belong to nuclear family and 57% old age people had previous home accidents. Area wise pretest & posttest knowledge score reveals that in post test highest mean score is 6.5±1.13 which is 65% whereas lowest mean score is 3.1±0.23 which is 76%. The highest effectiveness varies in mean percentage from 32% to 85%.The study findings reveal that there is highly significant difference in pretest and posttest knowledge scores which is obtained by paired ‘t’ test. The chi square test was calculated and found that there is no significant association between demographic variables.