A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF METHODICAL TUTELAGE ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING NIKSHAY POSHAN YOJNA SCHEME AMONG THE TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS VISITEDS DOTS’s OPD, ERA’s LUCKNOW MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL

Author Name: 1. Swastika Das, 2. Libin Babu, 3. Maria Janet Wills, 4. Tayyaba, 5. Nivedita Singh, 6. Ankita Mishra

Volume/Issue: 05/02

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/07.2024-34368943/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Associate professor, Era University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
2. Associate professor, Era University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
3. Nursing Tutor, Era University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
4. Nursing Officer, Era Hospital, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
5. Nursing Tutor, T.S Mishra Medical college, Hospital, Uttar Pradesh, India.
6. Post basic B.sc Nursing, Era University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.

ABSTRACT

Background: Tuberculosis is one of the dead full disease caused by Mycobacterium Tuberculosis which most commonly affects the lungs. Still causes thousands of death every year. The Govt. of India is planning to eradicate Tuberculosis by 2025. The Central Government took it upon itself to implement scheme to eradicate this disease from India. The Nikshay Poshan Yojna was the outcome of this thought. Under this project Tuberculosis patients receive financial assistance in form of Rs 500/ month through to Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT). Methodology: This study was conducted using Quantitative approach. Non-experimental one group pre-test post-test research design was used in this study. The total sample size was 40 Tuberculosis Patients selected through non probability convenient sampling technique. The data was collected by self structured Questionnaire. Result: The data obtained have been tabulated and analyzed by using non experimental and inferential statistics. The statistical analysis showed that knowledge of tuberculosis patients (55%) having moderate adequate knowledge, (45%) having inadequate knowledge. After teaching practice knowledge of the tuberculosis patients 72.5% had adequate knowledge. 27.5% had moderate adequate knowledge regarding nikshay poshan yojna scheme. Conclusion: The finding revealed that there was a significant improvement in knowledge of Nikshay Poshan Yojna Scheme among tuberculosis patients in post-test after teaching practice selected methodical tutelage

Key words: Evaluate, Effectiveness, Methodical tutelage, Knowledge, Nikshay Poshan Yojna Scheme, Tuberculosis patients.