Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program on Knowledge Regarding Importance of Diet in Management of Tuberculosis among TB Patients

Abstract

Aim: The objective of the study was to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding importance of diet in management of tuberculosis (TB) among TB patients and to find the association between pre-test knowledge score and baseline variables.

Materials and Methods: Quantitative evaluative approach with one-group pretest-posttest design was adapted in the study. The purposive sampling technique was used to select 60 TB patients. Knowledge level of TB patients was assessed by semi-structured knowledge questionnaire. After collecting data, structured teaching program on importance of diet in the management of TB was administered to the subjects lasting for 45 min. On the 7th day, post-test was conducted using the same semi-structured knowledge questionnaire. Results: Results show that in pre-test, 63.3% of samples were having moderate knowledge, 36.66% of samples were having inadequate knowledge, whereas in post-test, 61.67% of samples were having adequate knowledge, 38.3% were having moderate knowledge. Finding also shows that mean post-test knowledge level (21.73 ± 3.47) was higher than mean pre-test knowledge level (11.7 ± 4.8) with mean difference 10.3. Paired “t”-test was used to compare pre- and post-test score and it was found significant at 0.05 level of significant. Hence, research hypothesis was accepted. Only age in years had significant association with pre-test knowledge score and there was no significant association found between pre-test knowledge score and other baseline variables.

Conclusion: The study findings proved that structured teaching program was effective in improving knowledge of TB patients regarding importance of diet in the management of TB.