Abstract

Care of the patient on hemodialysis is a complex task, the knowledge of caring the patients undergoing hemodialysis is essential task of health personnel, however if the care provider that is caregiver of the family imparted with knowledge of care of hemodialysis, can bring effective change in knowledge level. Video assisted teaching helps in better understanding of concept, hence the present study is designed. The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching program on knowledge regarding care of patients undergoing hemodialysis among caregiver. Fifty caregivers taking care of patients on hemodialysis were selected from selected hospital Bangalore. Using purposive sampling technique. A structured questionnaire designed for to collect the data and data was analyzed using SPSS 18.0. The present study found that the pretest knowledge mean score was lower than posttest mean knowledge mean score. The study found that the video assisted teaching program was effective at 110.00 in bringing improvement in knowledge score of caregivers on care of patients on hemodialysis. The study concluded that the video assisted teaching program was effective in improving the knowledge of caregivers regarding care of patients undergoing hemodialysis.

Keywords

Knowledge, video assisted teaching program, care of patients on hemodialysis, caregivers