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A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding the Risk Factors on Occurrence of Coronary Artery Disease Among Sedentary Workers in Selected Urban Area of Jaipur

2019; RELX Group (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês

1556-5068

Nemi Chand Jat,

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Introduction: Cardiovascular disease is expected to cause 25 million deaths in the entire world in 2020. The curbing of the mortality rate associated with this disease in developed countries that has taken place in recent decades is mainly due to the advances in treatment and early diagnosis. the developing societies have to face a hostile setting characterized by changes in lifestyle, basically aimed toward an increase in the consumption of foods with a high caloric density, a reduction of physical activity, and an increase in tobacco use. Material and Method: The present study will be conducted in the Chomu Town at Jaipur District Rajasthan. present study conduct on 200 Sedentary workers were selected by purposive sampling technique ,non probability sampling approach, an evaluative approach with pre-experimental with one group pre-test and post-test design was considered A structured questionnaire was prepared to assess the knowledge of Sedentary Workers. Result: In this study 41.7 percent respondents belonged to the age group of 18-28 years it was observed that 45 percent had Under Graduate that the 55 percent of the respondents were Computer Professional and 70% of respondents were Hindus The highest pre test knowledge score 36.3% was obtained in the aspect of symptoms & diagnostic procedure of coronary artery disease the highest post test mean knowledge score (97.1%) was found in the aspect of symptoms & diagnostic procedure of coronary artery disease the overall pre-test mean knowledge score was found to be 26.3 percent and SD as 12.6% among the respondents. the overall post-test mean knowledge was found to be 86.8 percent and SD as 10.4% among the respondents. Conclusion: Sedentary workers have moderate knowledge regarding the risk factors on occurrence of coronary artery disease. So the study recommends for STP conduct for the imparting knowledge to sedentary workers High knowledge can alter favorable attitude.