1M.Sc. Nursing Final Year Student Smt. Radhikabai Meghe Memorial College of Nursing, Datta Meghe Institute
of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University) Sawangi (Meghe) Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
2Department of Medical and Surgical Nursing, Smt. Radhikabai Meghe Memorial College of Nursing, Datta Meghe Institute
of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University) Sawangi (Meghe) Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
3Clinical Instructor Datta Meghe College of Nursing, Wanadongari, Nagpur.
4Dept. of Community Medicine Datta Meghe Medical College, Nagpur.
5Dept. of Community Medicine Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute
of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University) Sawangi (Meghe) Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
Article Publishing History
Received: 15/04/2021
Accepted After Revision: 04/06/2021
In poorer countries, Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media (CSOM) is a well-known illness that causes significant local damage and can be life-threatening. Early and successful treatment, based on a thorough understanding of the virus’s causative organisms and their antibiotic resistance, allows for rapid clinical recovery and avoidance of negative repercussions. To determine if pupils have a basic understanding of how to prevent chronic suppurative otitis media. 2. To determine the impact of planned teaching on schoolchildren’s understanding of chronic suppurative otitis media prevention. 3. To determine if there is a link between posttest knowledge and certain demographic characteristics. This was an interventional study involving a non – probability convenience sampling technique with 100 schoolchildren’s from Wardha District. Following the completion of data collection, descriptive and inferential statistics were used to conduct statistical analysis (Mean, mean percentage and standard deviation).
The significance of the difference between pre- and post-test readings was determined using a t-test, and the relationship between knowledge and demographic characteristics was determined using a one-way ANOVA and an independent t-test. The findings of the study showed that none of the samples had a low level of knowledge, 3(3%) of samples had an acceptable (average) level of education (knowledge), 6 (6%) of them had a good level of knowledge, 58 (58%) of them had excellent levels of education (knowledge) and 33 (33%) of samples had excellent information points (knowledge). The minimum score was 8 and the maximum score was 19, the mean was 15.44 ± 2.185 with a mean percentage of 77.2 %. It is to conclude that the knowledge of prevention of chronic suppurative otitis media are which throws light on need for arrangement of special classes for the school children and also need for assessing the children’s periodically. The school children must upgrade their knowledge as they are the future to the preventing and promoting the health.
Knowledge, Planned Teaching, Schoolchildren and CSOM.
