Original Research Article
Year: 2022 | Month: March | Volume: 12 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 415-420
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20220355
Impact of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge of Staff Nurses Regarding Sleep Hygiene among the Patients Admitted in a Hospital
P. Jayanthi1, Umadevi A K2
1Clinical Instructor, College of Nursing, NIMHANS, Bangalore, Karnataka
2Principal, AECS Maaruti College of Nursing, RGUHS, Bangalore, Karnataka
Corresponding Author: Umadevi A K
ABSTRACT
Background of the Study: Sleep is a basic human need. It is a universal biological process common to all people. Human spend about one-third of their lives asleep. Sleep plays an important role in maintaining good physical and mental health throughout the life. Sleep hygiene practice is one of the important variables that reduce sleep related disorders, inappropriate sleep behaviours and improves the quality of sleep.
Objectives: The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge of staff nurses regarding sleep hygiene of the patients in a selected hospital.
Methods and Materials: A pre experimental one group pre test post test design was adopted for the study. Non probability purposive sampling technique was used to select 60 staff nurses from the selected hospital. Data were collected by using a structured knowledge questionnaire.
Results: On comparison of pre test and post test knowledge scores, 86.7% of staff nurses had inadequate knowledge in pre test where as in posttest 83.3% of staff nurses had gained adequate knowledge and the improvement was statistically found to be significant (p<0.005). There was a significant association was found between knowledge score and selected demographic variables such as clinical experience and type of family.
Conclusion: In pretest 86.7% of the subjects had an inadequate knowledge where as in the posttest 83.3% of subjects had gained adequate knowledge and 16.7% had acquired moderate knowledge. The overall findings of the study clearly showed that the STP was significantly effective in improving the knowledge of staff nurses regarding sleep hygiene of the patients.
Key words: Effectiveness, sleep, structured teaching programme, knowledge of staff nurses and sleep hygiene protocol.