EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING LITHIUM TOXICITY AMONG CAREGIVERS AT SELECTED PSYCHIATRIC SETTINGS, UDAIPUR

Author Name: 1. Mr. Pawan Joshi 2. Mr. Khush Kumar Soni 3. Mr. Lokesh Ameta

Volume/Issue: 02/03

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2021-53749985/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Department Of Mental Health  Nursing, Nursing Lecturer , Saraswati College Of Nursing, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India- 313001
2. Department Of Child Health Nursing, Nursing lecturer, Saraswati College Of Nursing, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India- 313001
3. Department of medical surgical Nursing, Nursing lecturer  Saraswati College Of Nursing, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India- 313001

ABSTRACT

The patient having bipolar mood disorders was treated lithium. Lithium compounds, also known as lithium salts, are primarily used as a psychiatric medication. . The therapeutic dose is 300-2700 mg/dl with desired serum levels of 0.6-1.2 mEq/L. Lithium toxicity may occur on an acute basis, in persons taking excessive amounts either accidentally or intentionally, or on a chronic basis, in people who accumulate high levels during ongoing therapy. The family caregivers take care of the day-to-day needs of the patient, monitoring the mental state, identify the early signs of illness, relapse and deterioration, and help the patient in accessing services. In pre-test,, 31(51.67%) of them had inadequate level of knowledge and 29(48.33%) of them had moderate level of knowledge and none of them hadAdequate level of knowledge regarding lithium toxicity whereas in post-test, 60 caregivers, 33(55%) of them had adequate level of knowledge, 27(45%) of them had moderate level of knowledge and none of them had inadequate knowledge regarding lithium toxicity. It was observed that, the overall mean score was 16.45±2.17 whereas the mean post-test score was 25.9±2.48. The enhancement mean score was 9.45±0.31.The obtained‘t’ value was 23.74, which was higher than the table value 2.6, it is highly significant at P≤0.05 level. This indicates that the STP was effective in improving the knowledge of caregivers regarding e lithium toxicity. The obtained chi square value for educational status, length of caring patients and source of information of caregivers were higher values (28.10, 26.71 and 18.53 respectively) when compared to the table value at P≤0.05 level of significance. This indicates that there was an association between pre-test level of knowledge of caregivers and their selected socio-demographic variables. The findings of the study concluded that the STP was found to be effective in improving the knowledge of caregivers regarding lithium toxicity.

Key words: Knowledge, Caregivers, Structured Teaching Programme, Lithium Toxicity, Socio-demographic variables.