A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme (STP) on the Knowledge of Postoperative Patients Regarding Deep Breathing Exercises at J.K. Hospital & Research Centre, Bhopal (MP)

Postoperative chest physiotherapy was implemented in the beginning of the 20th century; deep breathing exercise was one of the first methods. Consequently, several manual treatments including percussion, clapping, and vibration or shaking was developed to improvise bronchial drainage. Recently, mechanical breathing devices like incentive spirometry (IS), blow bottles, intermittent positive pressure breathing (IPPB) and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) were introduced into clinical practice (McMahon, 1915). Aim of the study: The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on deep breathing exercises on the knowledge of postoperative patients. Material and Method: A quasi experimental-nonrandomized control group research design was used; the research approach was pre- and post-test design in nature. The sample size was 80 postoperative patients in selected hospital of Bhopal out of which 40 patients were kept under experimental group and 40 under control group. The instruments used for the data collection were demographic questionnaire, 30 multiple choice questionnaire. The nonprobability purposive sampling technique was adopted to select the subjects. Results: The result showed that pre-test knowledge score of postoperative patients in experimental and control group of postoperative patients regarding deep breathing exercises was 2.7, (SD ± 2.81) and in control group were 2.9, (SD ± 2.56) t value of (0. 0.3328). Post-test scores of patients in experimental and control group were 22.2(SD ± 2.25)in experimental and 5.6(SD ± 4.041) with t value of 22.97 which is significant at the level of p ≤ 0.05. It had been found that the computed Chi-squares values between the post-test knowledge scores and the demographic variables like education, duration of hospital stay, previous experience of surgery and source of information were associated and age, sex, type of family were not associated at the significance level of (p ≥ 0.05). Conclusion: These finding support the hypothesis that STP resultant in significant improvement in the knowledge level of postoperative patients regarding deep breathing exercises.