Vol. 4, Issue 5, Part G (2018)

Result: Pre-test mean score was 7.8 with standard deviation of 9 and in post-test mean score were 12.9 with standard deviation of 1.1.Paired t-test for comparison of practice scores of care takers in pre-test and post-test. Average practice score in pre-test was 7.8 which increased to 12.9 in post-test. T-value corresponding to this comparison was 13.3 with 29 degrees of freedom. Corresponding p-value was 0.000, which is small (less than 0.05), the null hypothesis is rejected. Health teaching is proved to be significantly effective in improving the practices of care takers of children with cerebral palsy regarding feeding technique. Findings related to association of knowledge and practice with selected socio-demographic variables was assessed by using Fisher’s exact test. Since all the p-values are large (greater than 0.05), there is no evidence against null hypothesis. None of the demographic variable was found to have significant association with knowledge and practice of care takers of children with cerebral palsy regarding feeding techniques.

Conclusion: It has been observed that pretest knowledge average mean score is 11.5 and practice score is 7.8 after planned health teaching knowledge average score rises to 17.1 and 12.9 respectively. This indicates that the knowledge and practice grades improved after planned teaching. All the p-values are large (greater than 0.05), none of the demographic variable was found to have significant association with knowledge and practices of care takers of children with cerebral palsy regarding feeding techniques.