International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health 404 2019 | Vol 8 | Issue 6 A study to assess effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding home care management of hemodialysis subjects – A statistical approach Trupti Saket Bhosale 1 , Satish Vasant Kakade 2 , Tukaram B Zagade 3 1 Directorate of Research, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, India, 2 Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, India, 3 Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Krishna Institute of Nursing Sciences, Karad, Maharashtra, India Correspondence to: Trupti Saket Bhosale, E-mail: truptivp2010@gmail.com Received: March 05, 2019; Accepted: March 30, 2019 INTRODUCTION A patient at the last stage of kidney disease depends on dialysis to mechanically remove fluid, waste products, and electrolytes from the blood. End-stage renal disease is Access this article online Website: http://www.ijmsph.com Quick Response code DOI: 10.5455/ijmsph.2019.0306430032019 a chronic illness which reduces the lifespan of patients. In worldwide, 30 million peoples were suffering from kidney diseases. In India, around 8% of the population have renal problem. In that, >5% were undergoing hemodialysis. The available treatments are not able to cure disease; instead, they offer extend life expectancy, symptom relief and improve the quality of life. When the kidney is not able to filter blood, another method for filtration is must. Lifetime dialysis becomes unavoidable unless transplantation of kidney is done and is successful. [1] Hemodialysis is the most well-accepted form of treatment for end-stage renal failure. Background: When the kidney is unable to filter blood, dialysis is an alternate method for filtration. Lifetime dialysis becomes unavoidable unless kidney transplantation is successfully done. Hemodialysis subjects normally have a poor quality of life and there is a positive association between quality of life of patient and support of family. Hence, it was necessary to conduct this study for creating awareness regarding the home management of dialysis among the caregivers of hemodialysis subjects to improve their knowledge. Objectives: The objectives of this study were as follows: (i) To assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme (STP) on knowledge regarding home care management of hemodialysis subjects and (ii) to find association between pre-test knowledge and selected demographic variables. Materials and Methods: The evaluative approach was used; one group pre-test and post-test design was used. The study was conducted on sample of 40 caregivers of hemodialysis subjects using convenient sampling technique. The data were collected by structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The mean knowledge score of caregivers of hemodialysis subjects during the pre-test was 39.48%, whereas it had risen up to 82.50% during the post-test as an effectiveness of STP. Therefore, the difference assessed was 43.02% between pre-test and post-test. Conclusion: There was significant difference between the pre-test knowledge level and post-test knowledge level of caregivers on home care management of hemodialysis subjects. Hence, health education programs and on-going teaching both can further improve the knowledge of caregivers. KEY WORDS: Hemodialysis; Caregivers; Structured Teaching Programme; Management ABSTRACT International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health Online 2019. © 2019 Trupti Saket Bhosale, et al. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially, provided the original work is properly cited and states its license. Research Article