A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Pulmonary Rehabilitation among Patients with COPD in Selected Community Area at Bangalore

The research design, one group pre-test, post-test quasi experimental design to ?assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding pulmonary rehabilitation among patients with COPD in a selected community area at Bangalore?. The finding showed that 36(60%) of the respondent have inadequate knowledge regarding pulmonary rehabilitation among patients with COPD. The overall mean score was 12.9 with percentage of 43%; the data analysis shows that the patients with COPD had less knowledge regarding pulmonary rehabilitation. The finding showed that 11(18.33%) of the respondent have adequate knowledge and 49 (81.67%) have moderate knowledge Pulmonary rehabilitation among patients with COPD. The overall mean score was 19.7 with percentage of 65.67%; The analysis shows that pre-test mean percentage knowledge score is 43% (SD 5.3), post-test mean percentage knowledge score is 65.67% (SD 3.8). The calculated ?t? (14.23) value was greater than table value (2.6). The result showed that there was a significant relationship between selected demographic variables such as type of family calculated x2 value is 4.4, education calculated ?x2value is 9.9, and the occupation calculated ?x2 value is 10 H3 is accepted at Pless than0.05 level.