A pre-Experimental Study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding age related problems and health promotion strategies among caregivers of elderly in selected area of Jalandhar, Punjab

Old age refers to ages nearing or surpassing the life expectancy of human beings, and is thus the end of the human life cycle. Old people often have limited regenerative abilities and are more susceptible to disease, syndromes, injuries and sickness than younger adults. A Quantitative research approach and pre-experimental one group pre- test post-test design was used to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme (STP) on age related problems and health Promotion strategies among care givers of elderly in selected area of Jalandhar, Punjab. Total 60 caregivers of elderly were selected by using non-probability purposive sampling technique. Structured knowledge questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge regarding age related problems and health promotion strategies among the caregivers of elderly. The collected data was analysed and interpreted by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings revealed that the mean pre-test knowledge score regarding age related problems and health promotion strategies among caregivers of elderly was 15.67 (+2.03) and 11.61 (± 1.78) respectively and mean post-test knowledge score regarding age related problems and health promotion strategies among caregivers of elderly was 22.05 (± 2.85) and 20.15 (+3.5) respectively. The calculated ‘t’ value (21.495) of age-related problems and the calculated ‘t’ value (24.016) of health promotion strategies was found to be statistically significant at 0.001 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that after the implementation of structured teaching program there was increase in post-test knowledge regarding age related problems and health promotion strategies among caregivers of elderly as measured by structured knowledge questionnaire.