A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VIDEO ASSISTED TEACHING ON KNOWLEDGE OF MOTHERS REGARDING FIRST AID MANAGEMENT OF CHOKING AMONG CHILDREN IN SELECTED HOSPITALS AT ALUVA

Children are curious and explore the world through their senses,particularly by putting objects in their mouths. This behaviour places them at risk of chocking but timely and appropriate first aid management can be crucial in saving lives during such incidents. The present study aimed to assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching on knowledge of mothers on first aid management of choking among children in selected hospital at Aluva.The research approach used was Quasi Experimental study with one group pre-test post-test design with a sample size of 30 selected by Non-Probability Convenient Sampling technique with help of structured questionnaire. The findings of the study shows that 3.3% mothers have good knowledge, 80% mothers have average knowledge and 16.7% mothers have poor knowledge. After Video Assisted Teaching, the result shows that 46.7% of mothers have very good knowledge about the first aid management of choking among children and 53.3% of mothers have good knowledge about first aid management of choking among children in posttest. Chi-Square test was used to find the association between pretest knowledge score and selected demographic variables at 0.05 level of significance.A paired t test was performed to know whether there is any significant differences in knowledge before and after teaching programme.The mean knowledge score in pre-test was12.2 with standard deviation of 1.93. The mean knowledge score in post-test was 19.8 with standard deviation of 1.95. Thus the difference in level of knowledge was confirmed by Paired t test value of -17.9,which was highly significant atp< 0.01 level.There is significant association between the educational status and pre- test knowledge score.