A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON RENAL DIET IN TERMS OF KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE AMONG PATIENTS UNDERGOING HEMODIALYSIS IN SELECTED HOSPITAL OF GANDHINAGAR

A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on renal diet in terms of knowledge and attitude among patients undergoing hemodialysis in selected hospital of Gandhinagar A quantitative approach was used in the study to assess the effectiveness of a structured teaching programme on assessing the knowledge and attitude on renal diet among patients undergoing hemodialysis of a selected hospital in Gandhinagar. The investigator used multi-stage simple random sampling technique for selecting 30 samples. In the view of the study structured teaching programme on renal diet in terms of knowledge and likert scale for attitude was prepared. The reliability of the structured knowledge questionnaire was 0.78. Data were analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The mean pre-test knowledge score was 16.20 whereas post-test knowledge score was 23.66. The mean posttest knowledge score is significantly higher than the mean pretest knowledge score with the mean difference of 7.46 and the calculatedt value (t =9.29). The findings of the study reveal that there is no significant association with pre-test knowledge scores and selected demographic variables of the samples except attended seminar or lecture on renal diet. Hence it is concluded that structured teaching programme was effective in improving knowledge of renal diet among patients undergoing hemodialysis.