Efficacy of individual planned teaching programme on prevention of Deep Vein Thrombosis among surgical patients

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Venous thromboembolism, comprised of deep vein thromboses (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), is a major contributing factor to increased mortality and morbidity among surgical patients. DVT is a preventable disease, so creating awareness among surgical patients is important to protect them from fatal consequences. The objective of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of individual planned teaching (IPT) on the prevention of DVT among patients undergoing major surgery in terms of knowledge gain. A quantitative pre-experimental research approach with a one-group pre-test and post-test design was used for this study. Purposive sampling was used to select 50 patients from the hospital who met the inclusion criteria for the sample. Data was collected using a structured knowledge questionnaire. The mean post-test knowledge score (x2 = 19.24) was higher than the mean pre-test knowledge score (x1 = 9.34). At the 0.05 level of significance, the mean difference between the post-test and pre-test knowledge scores was highly significant (t49 = 20.24). The study also found a significant association between knowledge scores and educational level (χ2 = 9.82, P =.01). The study showed that patients had inadequate knowledge on the prevention of deep vein thrombosis; however, the level of knowledge significantly improved after the administration of an individual planned teaching program. Hence, it was concluded that the IPT programme was an efficacious teaching strategy for improving the knowledge of patients on the prevention of DVT so that we could reduce the number of patients dying from DVT every year and prevent its complications and health care costs.

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