A Pre-Experimental Study to Evaluate the Effectives of Structure Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Side Effect of Mobile Addiction among B.Sc Nursing Students of Alwar Nursing College at Alwar

Aim: The study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching program (STP) on knowledge regarding side effect of mobile addiction among B.sc nursing students of Alwar nursing college at Alwar. Methodology: A pre experimental one group pretest-post-test research design and quantitative research approach were used in the study. The sample consisted of 60 students of B.Sc. nursing students. Objectives of the study: To assess the pre-test knowledge, To assess the post-test knowledge, compare pre test & post test, To determine the association between post-test knowledge regarding side effects of mobile addiction among B.Sc. nursing student of Alwar Nursing College, Alwar with their selected socio-demographic variables. Result: The overall mean knowledge score obtained in the pre-test was 11.16 % and 41.13% in the post-test. The statistical Paired-'t' test indicates that enhancement in the mean knowledgescores were found to be significant at 0.02 percent level for all the aspects under the study.The association between mean percentage knowledge score and demographic variables were computed by using Chi-square test.There was no significant association between demographic variables and the mean knowledge scores.However, there was significant association between source of information regarding mobile addiction and its management and the pre-test mean percentage knowledge scores.