Research Article
A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Module on Risk Factors and Preventive Measures of Coronary Artery Disease Among Patients Admitted in Selected Hospitals of Kerala, India
Vinil Upendrababu*
Issue:
Volume 14, Issue 3, June 2025
Pages:
37-46
Received:
22 June 2025
Accepted:
7 July 2025
Published:
31 July 2025
DOI:
10.11648/j.ajns.20251403.11
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Abstract: Coronary artery disease is usually a result of plaque buildup in coronary arteries, a condition called atherosclerosis. Although it is highly appreciable to have rapid development in the field of medicine, mortality and morbidity due to the coronary artery disease is still on the rise both in underdeveloped and developing countries which includes India in particular. This is pointing towards the fact that, not only curative medicine but preventive medicine also can play a vital role to bring down the ever-increasing prevalence of coronary artery disease, which is evident from the rapid decline of prevalence of coronary artery disease in the advanced economies of the world for the last two decades. The main objective of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching module on knowledge regarding risk factors and preventive measures of coronary artery disease. The study was conducted by using a quasi-experimental design. 300 Samples had been selected with the help of nonprobability convenient sampling technique from the selected hospital. Among the total 300 samples, 150 samples belong to study group and 150 samples belong to control group. Data was collected by using the tools prepared by the investigator. The calculated independent ‘t’ test for knowledge revealed a high statistically significant difference between experimental and control group at p<0.001. In the pretest on knowledge questionnaire, majority of study group (96.7%) as well as almost full control group samples (99.3%) performed poorly. None of the either group were performed good on the questions. In contrast after the intervention, the posttest knowledge score has shown a drastic improvement among study group’s result. The overall mean posttest knowledge score of study group was 34.1, whereas in control group, it was 15.7 after the intervention. The unpaired t test value was 28.266 which was significant at p<0.001 level. Hence the investigator come to the conclusion that Structured teaching module was an effective strategy to impart knowledge regarding risk factors and preventive measures of coronary artery disease among in patients.
Abstract: Coronary artery disease is usually a result of plaque buildup in coronary arteries, a condition called atherosclerosis. Although it is highly appreciable to have rapid development in the field of medicine, mortality and morbidity due to the coronary artery disease is still on the rise both in underdeveloped and developing countries which includes I...
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