EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING ACID PEPTIC DISEASE AND ITS PREVENTION AMONG THE INDUSTRIAL WORKERS

Aim- To assess the impact of STP on knowledge regarding Acid Peptic Disease and its prevention among inductrial workers.

Subject &Method: An quasi-experimental study was conducted on 66 industrial workers by using convienient sampling. A self structured questionnaire was used for data collection over a period of 4 weeks that included questions related to demographic informations and knowledge related to Acid Peptic Disease.

Results: The studys findings indicate that the majority of workers (98%) had poor knowledge about acid peptic disease prevention. But after the teaching programmes on Acid Peptic Disease, most of them (88%) had good knowledge. The mean knowledge difference between pretest -post test intervention is 0.18±0.694 (P < 0.05). The Z test value indicated a significant change between the pretest and posttest knowledge levels (p = 0.021).This indicated that the STP was effective in raising industrial workers awareness of the prevention of acid peptic illness.

Conclusion : Structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding Acid Peptic Disease and its prevention  has resulted in an increment of knowledgeamong industrial workers. Nursing personnel can help the community people to prevent themselves from Acid peptic disease by creating awareness among the community people.