A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Educational Intervention on Knowledge Regarding Alarming Symptoms and Its Management of Myocardial Infarction Among Workers in Selected Industry At Mysuru

Abstract

Background of the study: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death all over the world. Myocardial infarction is a chronic lifelong illness. Myocardial infarction results in an enormous burden of increased mortality and morbidity. Awareness regarding the alarming symptoms of MI enables a person to prevent further damage by seeking medical help at the earliest. Aim: A study was done to assess the effectiveness of educational intervention on knowledge regarding alarming symptoms and its management of myocardial infarction among workers in selected industries at Mysuru. Methodology: 40 Industrial workers were selected using a purposive sampling technique. One group of pre-test and post-test research designs was used. Data was collected by administering the structured knowledge questionnaire before and after the intervention. Collected data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Study results have revealed that the majority 20(50%) had average knowledge, 1(2.5%) had good knowledge and 19 (47.5%) had poor knowledge in the pre-test whereas in the post-test test majority, 39 (97.5%) were having good knowledge, 1(2.5%) had average knowledge none of them had poor knowledge. The mean difference between the mean pre-test and post-test knowledge score was 6.63 with the standard deviation difference of ± 1.47. The paired ‘t’(39) =28.577*, which was found significant at 0.05 level of significance. Hence it was inferred that educational intervention had played a vital role in improving the knowledge of industrial workers regarding alarming symptoms of Myocardial infarction.