Vol. 8, Issue 6, Part E (2022)
A study to assess and evaluate the effectiveness of planned teaching programme in terms of knowledge regarding geriatric care among care givers in selected rural area of Ludhiana, Punjab
A study to assess and evaluate the effectiveness of planned teaching programme in terms of knowledge regarding geriatric care among care givers in selected rural area of Ludhiana, Punjab
Author(s)
Kanika, Jyotika Sharma and Sukhpreet Kaur
Abstract
Ageing is a universal phenomenon & old age is not in itself a disease, but is a normal part of the human life span. Aging can be defined as a progressive and generalized impairment of function resulting in the loss of adaptive response to stress and increased risk of age related diseases. Research approach was Quantitative Research with Pre experimental design (one group pre-test post-test). The study was conducted at village Pakhowal, Ludhiana. The data was collected from 60 care givers between the age group of 19-50 years selected by Purposive Sampling Technique. The results showed that Majority of care givers had average knowledge (86.66%) in Pre-Test and in the post test majority of care givers had Good knowledge(53.33%) which was found statistically significant at 0.05 level of significance which showed that there was significant difference in the mean pre-test and post-test knowledge score.
How to cite this article:
Kanika, Jyotika Sharma, Sukhpreet Kaur. A study to assess and evaluate the effectiveness of planned teaching programme in terms of knowledge regarding geriatric care among care givers in selected rural area of Ludhiana, Punjab. Int J Appl Res 2022;8(6):322-323.