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A Study to assess the effectiveness of Self Instructional Module on knowledge regarding Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) among Patients attending Sleep Labs in selected hospitals at Udaipur City

Avinash Ameta
Maneesh Sharma
Janak Joshi

Journal of Nursing Today, Volume 1, Issue 1 (2016), pp. 1–8
e-ISSN 2456-1630

Abstract

A one group pre -test post-test experimental study was carried out to assess the effectiveness of self-instructional module on knowledge regarding obstructive sleep apnea. The sample consisting of 60 Patients was selected by using Purposive sampling method. The tool comprised of self -instructional module the study design depicts that a pretest was given in the form of structured knowledge questionnaire on Obstructive Sleep Apnea, the self -instructional module was given and a post test was conducted to assess the gain in knowledge using the same self - administered knowledge questionnai re. The data obtained were analyzed by using differential and inferential statistics. The mean score of posttest knowledge 24.2 was apparently higher than the mean score of pre -test knowledge 11.5, suggesting that the self -instructional module was effective in increasing the knowledge of the respondents regarding obstructive sleep apnea. The mean difference 12.6 between pre-test and post-test knowledge score of the patients was found to be significant.

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