A PRE EXPERIMENTAL STUDY TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING TELEHEALTH AMONG NURSING STAFF IN A SELECTED HOSPITAL OF INDORE CITY

This study aims to determine the level of knowledge among staff nurses on telehealth and ascertain their knowledge by planned teaching programme with pre-test, post-test method. The study attempted to assess the knowledge on telehealth among nursing staff before and after planned teaching programme; evaluate the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on telehealth among nursing staff; and find out the association of pre-test knowledge regarding telehealth among nursing staff and their selected demographic variables. A pre experimental study was carried out with 40 staff nurses from Bombay Hospital Indore. Self administered tool- multiple choice statements were used to evaluate the knowledge level on telehealth before & after planned teaching programme. Data was analyzed with chi-square and t test. The result showed that there was a significant difference between pre-test and post-test knowledge scores as assessed by the paired t-test value at 17.3 (HS), t(39)=2.04 p?0.05) and there was significant association of knowledge regarding telehealth among nursing staff and their selected demographic variables (professional qualification, working experience, working area and experience of computer technology in clinical area) at 0.05 level of significance. Thus for this study one can conclude that planned teaching programme could be an effective strategy to improve the knowledge of staff nurses on telehealth.