A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program regarding Psychological Impact of Treatment Induced Alopecia in Cancer patients at selected hospitals, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Author:

P S Sajithkumar1,Raju C. Venkata2,C P Dhanyamol3

Affiliation:

1. Nursing Officer, Department of Nursing (M.Sc. in Mental Health Nursing), AIIMS Bhubaneshwar, India.

2. Nursing Officer, Department of Nursing (M.Sc. in Medical and Surgical Nursing), ESIC Hospital, Hyderabad, India.

3. Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing (M.Sc. in Mental Health Nursing), S.V.S Nursing College, Mahabubnagar, India.

Abstract

Cancer is a group of diseases with similar characteristics, the recovery from disease involves chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery. The use of chemotherapeutic drugs and radiotherapy leads to numerous side effects that impair life style and activities in daily life. Alopecia is one among them, which leads to devastating effects on clients. The current research was endeavoured to examine the on knowledge regardingEffectiveness of Structured Teaching Program Regarding Psychological Impact of Treatment Induced Alopecia in Cancer Patients at Selected Hospitals, Bangaloreby one group pre-test and post-test design was selected with an intermediary educational intervention program i.e. structured teaching program on Psychological Impact of Treatment Induced Alopecia in Cancer Patients as an experiment. The sample size was 60 cancer clients who are admitted at selected hospitals in Bangalore, by using a non-probability convenient sampling technique and were evaluated successfully. The outcomes demonstrated that the mean post-test knowledge is significantly higher than the mean pre-test knowledge scores at ‘t’ = 34.44, P < 0.01 level. The mean post-test psychological impact score is significantly higher than the mean pre-test psychological impact scores of ‘t’ = 44.47, P < 0.01 level. Modified gain scores indicated that higher the score, lower the impact. The study findings indicate that Structured Teaching programon treatment-induced alopecia, the patients’ knowledge had enhanced. Their psychological impact was reduced.

Publisher

A and V Publications

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