Authors: Mahasweta Debnath
Abstract: A pre experimental study was conducted to evaluate the effect of teaching and demonstration on knowledge and practices about colostomy care among mothers of children with colostomy wound admitted in selected hospital , Kolkata . The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge and practices among mothers of children regarding colostomy care and to determine the effect of teaching and demonstration regarding colostomy care of a child by pre and post-test knowledge and practice scores. The conceptual framework was adopted for the study is based on General System Model theory of Ludwing Von Bertalanffy .The study was conducted among 34 mothers of children with colostomy wound admitted in pediatric surgery ward , selected hospitals , Kolkata . Non Probability Purposive one group pre-test and post-test research design was selected for the study. Semi Structured Interview Schedule was prepared to collect the demographic characteristics . Semi Structured interview schedule and observation checklist was used (34) = 0.505} at 0.01 level of significance. The study has implications in different field of nursing . A similar study can be conducted on a larger scale sampling in different setting for generalization .
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