Effectiveness of Video Assisted Teaching on Knowledge Regarding Maintenance of Sleep Pattern Among Mothers With Multiple Disabled Children With Sleep Disturbances in Selected Institution at Chennai

A Pre- experimental study was done to assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching on knowledge regarding maintenance of sleep pattern among mothers with multiple disabled children with sleep disturbances. Purposive sampling technique was used and 60 mothers were selected at NIEPMD (National Institute for Empowerment of person with Multiple disabilities) -Chennai. Demographic variables were collected and structured questionnaire on maintenance of sleep pattern was used to assess the knowledge of mothers. Descriptive and inferential statistics was used for the analysis of data. The findings of the study are, In the pre test, out of 60 samples 4 (6.66 %) had moderate knowledge regarding maintenance of sleep pattern and 56 (93.3 %) had inadequate knowledge regarding maintenance of sleep pattern. In the post test, majority of the samples had adequate knowledge regarding maintenance of sleep pattern. About 50 (83.3 %) had adequate knowledge and 10 (16.6 %) had moderate knowledge. The x^2 test shows that the educational status, income and family history of disability has no statistical significance at p less than 0.05.