A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Cataract Among the Old Age People in Selected Area in Bangalore

This present study entitled “A study to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding cataract among the old age people in selected area in Bangalore”. The objectives of the study are to assess the knowledge level of the old age people 60 75 years old in terms of pre test score, to prepare and administer planned teaching programme on problems of cataract, to evaluate the effectiveness of planned teaching programme by comparing the pretest post test knowledge, to find out the association between knowledge and the demographic variables such as age, gender, education status, lifestyle etc. Methods A pre experimental one group pretest posttest was adopted. In this study, the sample consists of 50 old age people from selected area in Bangalore who fulfilled the inclusion criteria for the study. The non probability purposive sampling technique was used for this study. A structured socio demographic data, and knowledge questionnaire on cataract were selected on the basis of the objectives of the study. Results In pretest maximum 10 20 samples were having adequate knowledge, but it became 32 64 in posttest. So, the planned teaching programme was effective. The overall calculated ‘t' value 6.590 was higher than the tabulated value at 0.05 level of significance with degree of freedom 49. So, the H1 hypothesis is accepted. The researcher concluded the planned teaching programme was effective. There is a significant association between pretest knowledge level and the socio demographic variables such as educational status and source of information as the chi square value is higher than the table value at 0.05 level of significance. Planned teaching program was effective in improving knowledge regarding cataract among the old age people. Laveena Anand Masih "A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Cataract Among the Old Age People in Selected Area in Bangalore" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-10 | Issue-1 , February 2026, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd100099.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/nursing/100099/a-study-to-assess-the-effectiveness-of-planned-teaching-programme-on-knowledge-regarding-cataract-among-the-old-age-people-in-selected-area-in-bangalore/laveena-anand-masih