Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: July | Volume: 9 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 69-72
A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Information Booklet Regarding Self-Care during Chemotherapy among Cancer Patients at Selected Tertiary Care Hospital, Karad
Mrs. Manisha C. Gholap1, Mr. Samir K. Choudhari2, DR. Vaishali R. Mohite3
1Associate Professor, Krishna Institute of Nursing Sciences, Karad.
2Clinical Instructor, Krishna Institute of Nursing Sciences, Karad.
3Dean/Principal, Krishna Institute of Nursing Sciences, Karad.
Corresponding Author: Mr. Samir K. Choudhari
ABSTRACT
Objectives: (1)To assess the knowledge regarding self-care among cancer patients.(2)To study the effectiveness of information booklet on the knowledge about self-care during chemotherapy among cancer patients.(3)To find out association between knowledge about self-care during chemotherapy with selected demographic variables.
Methods: one group pre-test post-test experimental design was used to conduct the study among cancer patients and totally 38 cancer patients was selected by Convenience Sampling technique. The study was conducted at Krishna hospital, Karad. The data were collected by structured questionnaire. The collected data were studied and analyzed in terms of objectives of the study using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: The pre test mean was 9.44 and post test mean was 15.21 and computed ‘t’ value was 3.199 at the level of p<0.0001. It shows that the information booklet is effective method for improving the knowledge level of cancer patients regarding self-care during chemotherapy.
Conclusion: The study results show that information booklet was found to be effective to improve the knowledge regarding self-care during chemotherapy among cancer patients
Key words: information booklet, chemotherapy and cancer patients