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@article{182915,
        author = {Prof. SUNIL D PHANASE},
        title = {“A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING EFFECTS OF PASSIVE SMOKING AMONG OLD AGE IN A URBAN AREA OF CHH. SAMBHAJINAGAR CITY.”},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {2},
        pages = {4173-4179},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=182915},
        abstract = {Smoking is the either active or passive. Passive smoking is defined as the non-smokers inhalation of tobacco smoke produced by the active smoking of others. It is equivalent to “being exposed to second-hand smoke or tobacco smoke or ETS“(Environmental Tobacco Smoke).
The present study is aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding effects of passive smoking among old age of urban area of Chh. Sambhajinagar (MH). A evaluative approach with one group pretest- posttest design was adopted for the study. The samples from the selected in urban areas were selected using probability random sampling technique. The sample consisted of 60 urban old ages. The tools used for data collection was structured knowledge questionnaire. For structured teaching program was developed. Development of tool and structured teaching program involved the steps of preparing first draft, content validity and reliability. Tool and teaching plan were found valid and reliable. Pilot study was conducted to find out feasibility of conducting study.
Data collection procedure: Data was collected from selected urban areas after obtaining administrative permission. The investigator personally explained the participants the need and assured them of the confidentiality of their responses. The data analysis was done by using both descriptive and inferential statistics.
Findings of the study:
In pretest knowledge score, respondents mean was 13.43, median was 12, mode was 13 with standard deviation 5.06 and score range was 5-26.
In post test knowledge score, respondents mean was 20.28, median was 18, mode was 17 with standard deviation 3.37 and score range was 16-28.
With regard to pretest level of knowledge it shows that, maximum 34(56.7%) respondents were having average knowledge, 18(30%) respondents were having poor knowledge and remaining 8(13.3%) of respondents were having good knowledge.
During post test, a maximum of 32(53.3%) of respondents were having average knowledge and the remaining 28(46.7%) of respondents were having good knowledge.
The findings reveal that the post-test mean knowledge scores was found higher [mean=20.26, SD of 3.36] when compared with pre-test mean knowledge score value which was 13.45with SD of 5.08.
The statistical paired’t  test implies that the difference in the pretest and post-test value was found statistically significant at 5% level (P<0.05) with a paired‘t’ value of 16.85. There exists a statistical significance in the difference of knowledge score indicating the positive impact of structured teaching program
The computed Chi-square value for association between level of knowledge of old age of urban area regarding effects of passive smoking and their selected demographic variables is found to be statistically significant at 0.05 levels for religion and is not found statistically significant for other selected socio demographic variables.
Conclusion: The findings revealed that, Knowledge of rural adults regarding effects of passive smoking was inadequate before the administration of structured teaching program. The STP was effective in increasing the knowledge of participants regarding effects of passive smoking. Since a very few studies have been conducted regarding this topic in India, so the nurse researcher can take further studies on the same topic.},
        keywords = {Structured Teaching Program, Knowledge, passive smoking, rural adults},
        month = {July},
        }