This present study was done under the topic “A study to assess the effectiveness of self- instructional module on knowledge regarding life style modification among the diabetes mellitus patients residing in selected urban areas at Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Objectives: -To assess the pretest knowledge regarding life style modification among the diabetic patients. To assess the effectiveness of self-instructional module on knowledge regarding life style modification among the diabetic patient, to find out an association between pretest knowledge regarding life style modification with their selected demographic variables. The research approach adopted for this study is quantitative research approach. The research design adopted for this study was one group pretest post-test design. The data was collected through the tool which is prepared by the investigator. The sample consists of 30 diabetic patients at selected rural areas of Kanpur. The tool has two parts. Section – I: Socio Demographic data, Section – II: Questionnaire on knowledge regarding life style modification on diabetes mellitus. The Findings of the study revealed that Most of the participants belongs to the age group of 31-40 years and above 43.5%, most of the samples are Muslims 36.7%, most of the participant had primary education 43%, 40% clients obtained information regarding life style modification regarding diabetes mellitus from friends and peers and 63.3% had diabetes mellitus from less than 5 years. Study revealed that in pretest mean score was 15.38, standard deviation 6.49 and range 19, in post-test mean score was 20.97, standard deviation 5.3 and range 17. Study revealed that in pretest most of the participant had good knowledge regarding life style modification on diabetes mellitus 12 participants, 10 samples had poor knowledge and 08 samples had average knowledge. and after administering self-instructional module on life style modification on diabetes mellitus most of the sample obtained average knowledge 16 and 14 sample obtained good knowledge and nobody had poor knowledge regarding life style modification on diabetes mellitus. Since the obtained value of t test is 17.59 is greater than the table value of 1.68, self-instructional module was effective. Chi square test used to find out the association between selected demographic variables of participants with pretest knowledge regarding life style modification on diabetes mellitus. The calculated chi square value revealed that among the participant there was a significant association between pretest knowledge regarding life style modification for diabetes mellitus with selected demographic variables such as age in years, educational status, occupational status, sources of information regarding life style modification, number of years since affected with diabetes mellitus. Hence hypotheses 2 was accepted. There was a significant association between pretest score regarding knowledge regarding life style modification on diabetes mellitus with selected demographic variables.
Style Modification of Diabetes Mellitus, Demographic Variables
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