A Study on the Effect of Health Teaching Regarding Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease among the Labourers Working in Selected Construction Sites in Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation Area of Pune City

Abstract

Introduction: Construction work is often described as a dirty, difficult, and dangerous job. It is one of the most hazardous and accident-prone activities, as reported by the International Labour Organization.

Objective: The objective of this study was to the effect of health teaching regarding chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) among the labourers working in selected construction sites in Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation area of Pune City.

Materials and Methods: The research design used was one-group pretest-posttest experimental design; nonprobability convenience sampling method was used. The sample was selected from construction sites. The samples consisted of 60 males from construction sites of Sant Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri, Pune that were selected as per criteria. Data collection was done from December 21, 2010, to December 30, 2010.

Results: The majority of the samples (61.7%) were illiterate, 17 (28.3%) of them had primary education and the remaining 6 (10%) of them had secondary education. All 60 (100%) of them were laborers. All 60 (60%) of them were from economic status 5000–10,000. About 43.3% of people in pre-test of the study group were having poor knowledge score (0–7), majority 56.7% of people in pre-test of the study group were having average knowledge score (8–14), and not a single person in the pre-test study group were having good knowledge score (15–20), whereas in post-test, majority 81.7% of the people had good knowledge score (15–20) and 18.3% of people in post-test of the study group were having average knowledge score.

Conclusion: The health teaching on knowledge of COPD was found to be effective in increasing the knowledge in people. The samples had a highly significant gain in knowledge after the health teaching program.