A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Program on Knowledge Regarding Modifiable Risk Factors and Prevention of Renal Calculi Among Selected Rural Community of Dehradun

To ensure good health: eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life. Renal calculus is stone like body composed of urinary salts bound together by a colloid matrix of organic materials. It consists of a nucleus around with concentric layers of urinary salts are deposited. The cause of renal stone is hyper excretion of relatively insoluble urinary constituents, physiological changes in urine PH, environmental and dietary factors. Depending on causes they are classified as calcium phosphate, calcium oxalate, uric acid, cystine and struvite. The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of planned teaching program on knowledge regarding modifiable risk factors and prevention of renal calculi. A pre-experimental one group post test design was used for the study. A total 70 men and women of rural community from Dudhli village of Dehradun, Uttarakhand were selected through convenience non-probability sampling technique. The data was collected through self-structured questionnaire on modifiable risk factors and prevention of renal calculi. The tool was developed in two parts, the part first deal with the 8 questions of demographic variables and the part two consist of 33 knowledge questions on modifiable risk factors and prevention of renal calculi. Results show that out 70 samples, majority of subjects 39(55.7%) was having inadequate knowledge, 31(44.3%) had moderate knowledge and no one have adequate knowledge. Pre-test mean score was 16.07 with 3.82 SD. After administering planned teaching program 25 (35.7%) had adequate knowledge, 41 (58.6%) had moderate knowledge and 04 (5.7%) had inadequate knowledge. The post-test mean score was 23.65 with 4.17 SD with a mean difference of 7.58 as evident from paired ‘t’ value of 11.579 at 69 df at 0.05 level of significance. The chi square depicts that there is no significant association between knowledge of rural community regarding modifiable risk factors and prevention of renal calculi with selected demographic variables. The study was concluded that planned teaching program was effective in increasing the knowledge regarding modifiable risk factors and prevention of renal calculi among selected rural community. On the basis of the findings, it is recommended that such type of teaching program should be conducted on time to time for all rural communities who are at higher risk for renal calculi so that they can practice preventive approaches. Key words: Renal calculi, planned teaching program, modifiable risk factor, Rural.