A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program on Knowledge and Attitude of Adults towards Geriatrics Care at Selected Rural Area at Bharatpur

Abstract

Introduction : Geriatric care management is the process of planning and coordinating care of the elderly and others with physical and/or mental impairments to meet their long term care needs, improve their quality of life, and maintain their independence for as long as possible. It entails working with persons of old age and their families in managing, rendering and referring various types of health and social care services.1 Methodlogy : The research approach adopted for this study was quantitative research approach.  Pre - experimental one group pre test post test research design was used for this study.  Research setting for this study was Selected Rural Area at Bharatpur. Target population was Adults have Geriatric Persons with 60 samples of adults from selected area at bhartapur. Purposive sampling technique was used for the study. Results : The co relation is (-0.08). It means that there is some negative relationship. Out of total adults have good knowledge but have a negative attitude regarding geriatric care. But if the knowledge is poor or good then it is not necessary that the attitude of the adults is also poor or good. The correlation score is less than zero so we can say that there is some negative relationship between knowledge and attitude of adults towards geriatric care. Conclusions : The overall post test knowledge SD score of adults towards geriatric care was 2.26. The overall pre test attitude mean score of adults towards geriatric care was 84.3.