2024, Vol. 6, Issue 2, Part A

A pre experimental study was conducted on effect of educational intervention on knowledge regarding risk factors and early symptoms of coronary artery diseases among school teachers of selected higher secondary school in rural community, Bankura, West Bengal with the objectives to assess the knowledge regarding risk factors and early symptoms of coronary artery diseases before and after educational intervention, to evaluate the effectiveness of educational intervention by the difference in scores obtained in pre-test and post-test and to find out the association between pre-test knowledge score and selected demographic variables. 84 teachers from 3 higher secondary schools of Bankura were selected by non-probability consecutive sampling technique. One group pre-test post-test design was adopted. The semi structured demographic proforma and structured knowledge questionnaire were used for collection of demographic data and knowledge of the samples respectively. The Study findings revealed that the mean post-test knowledge score (26.08±2.16) was apparently higher than the mean pre-test knowledge score (14.51±2.23) with a mean difference of 11.57. The educational intervention was effective on increasing knowledge as evident from the mean difference of pre and post-test knowledge score (‘T’=34.52, p<0.05). There was no association between pre-test knowledge score and selected demographic variables. The scope of generalisation of findings were limited to present study population. So the study can be replicated with large sample for wider generalization. The study has implication for nursing practice, education, administration and research.