2020, Vol. 3, Issue 2, Part A

author(s)
Padmapriya D, Shivaranjani S, Nishanthi E and Nasrin S

abstract
The present aim was to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding the awareness of risk factors of Diabetes Mellitus among home makers in Porur. A quantitative research with one group pre-test post-test design was used for the present study.100 home makers were selected by using non probability convenience sampling technique. Self- structured questionnaire method was used to collect both the demographic data and the knowledge to assess the awareness of risk factors of Diabetes Mellitus among home makers In pre-test, out of 100 samples 26 (26%) had inadequate knowledge, 64 (64%) had moderate knowledge and 10 (10%) have adequate knowledge in pretest. In post-test, out of 100 samples 80 (80%) had adequate knowledge, 20 (20%) had moderate knowledge and none of them had inadequate knowledge in post-test. In pretest, the mean value was 16.73 and standard deviation 4.01. and in post-test, The mean value is 24.84 and the standard deviation is 3.15. The mean difference between pre and post-test is 8.11. The paired t test value is 31.2730 and was highly significant and the study finally concluded that there was an significant improvement in mean and standard deviation in the post-test when comparing with the pre-test.