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Sameer Jain
Jitendra Pujari
Seizures are caused by abnormal electrical discharges in the brain. Seizures can involve both the body (convulsions) and mind (altered mental status), or only parts of the body. Seizures can be caused by conditions that do not lead to epilepsy, such as fe ver and medications. The present study was to assess the effectiveness of instructional module on knowledge of care givers regarding home care of seizure patient’s at selected hospitals, udaipur. Pre-Experimental one group pre-test post-test design was adopted in this study. The subjects selected for the study was care givers of the patients admitted with diagnosed seizures. Sample of study consisted of 50 care givers. The study participants were s elected by random sampling technique. The tool used for the data collection was structured knowledge questionnaire and intervention was Instructional Module on home care of seizure patients. Results of the study showed that in pre-test majority 31(62%) had inadequate knowledge, followed by 15(30%) had moderate knowledge and only 4(8%) had adequate knowledge where as in post -test majority 31(62%) had adequate knowledge and 19(38%) had moderate knowledge regarding home care of seizure patients. Pretest mean score was 8.20±1.884 and posttest was 15.32 ±1.953 with mean difference was 7.12. The results depicts that t value=18.49 df=49 and p value=0.000 was highly significant at p value <0.05 level of significance. The study findings showed that there is effectiven ess of instructional module on knowledge score regarding home care of seizure patients among care givers. The study concluded that awareness on home care of seizure patients to be necessary to care givers for safe and preventive aspect of care for seizure patients.
Keywords: Knowledge Knowledge, Care givers, Seizure patients