AN EFFICACY OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE OF CAREGIVERS OF CHRONIC ILL CANCER PATIENTS REGARDING ORAL CARE

  • Riyaj K Attar, Dr. Tukaram B Zagade, Dr. Mahadeo B Shinde

Abstract

Background-Cancer is growing health challenge in India. Cancer treatment modalities cause oral health
problems in different forms. Oral care have vital role in prevention and management of oral health
problems. Caregivers are providing continues long term care to cancer patients in home and hospitals.
Most of caregivers have poor knowledge regarding the quality oral care.
Aim-To determine effectiveness of structured teaching programme on oral care on knowledge of
caregivers of cancer patients. Caregivers update their knowledge which helps to provide quality oral care
to cancer patients which reduces or prevents the oral problems.
Methods-The experimental one group pre and posttest design was useded. Total 55 caregivers of chronic
ill cancer patients in tertiary care hospital, Karad were selected by non-probability convenient sampling
technique. The data collected by using structured knowledge questionnaire. The data were analyzed by
descriptive and inferential statistics.
Result: The pre-test knowledge score was 4.76±1.81 which had been increased after structured teaching
programme in post-test knowledge score that 8.30 ±1.52. The calculated “t” value was13.474 and p
value is less than 0.0001. The analysis revealed that there is association between the knowledge of
caregivers regarding oral care with patient type of cancer.
Conclusion- The study concluded that structured teaching programme was highly effective to improve
knowledge of caregivers regarding oral care.

Published
2020-04-13
How to Cite
Riyaj K Attar, Dr. Tukaram B Zagade, Dr. Mahadeo B Shinde. (2020). AN EFFICACY OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE OF CAREGIVERS OF CHRONIC ILL CANCER PATIENTS REGARDING ORAL CARE. International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, 29(8s), 3214-3221. Retrieved from http://sersc.org/journals/index.php/IJAST/article/view/16394