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EFFECT OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGRADING EARLY SYMPTOMS AND MANAGEMENT OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AMONG HIGH RISK CLIENTS
*Aparna C. Lakshmy and Jothi Lakshmi S.
ABSTRACT
Myocardial Infarction remains unrecognized most of the time because the signs and symptoms appear in a confusing way. Awareness of early symptoms and management of myocardial infarction are an important step in early treatment. The focus of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of educational intervention on early symptoms and management of myocardial infarction among high risk clients. The study was based on health belief model. Quantitative experimental approach was used in the study. By convenience sampling technique, the sample size was 60.The tools used were structured questionnaire to collect the sociodemographic data and structured knowledge questionnaire to assess the level of knowledge. The findings revealed that 13 % of the high risk clients have poor knowledge, 67 % of the high risk clients have average knowledge and 20 % of the high risk clients have good knowledge. The ‘t’ value (t=30.74,p< 0.01) revealed that majority of the high risk clients improved their knowledge on early symptoms and management of myocardial infarction.
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