EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON HOME CARE MANAGEMENT OF DIABETES MELLITUS

This quasi experimental design was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding selected aspects of home care management of diabetes mellitus such as diet, exercise, medication, foot care and prevention of complications. The aim is to assess and evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on home care management of diabetes mellitus among diabetic patients. 50 diabetic patients selected by convenience sampling method from outpatient department at selected hospital, salem. The data was collected using structured interview schedule. The paired‘t’ test was used to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme by comparing pre-test and post-test knowledge score. It was found that, pre test mean knowledge score was 16.62(SD=3.33), and post-test mean knowledge score was 29.46(SD=2.46), and paired ‘t’value was 54.35*. The observed (calculated) value of paired t-test not less than the table value at P< 0.05 level (1.9867). There was a significant association between pretest knowledge score on home care management of diabetes mellitus and educational status among diabetes mellitus patients.