A study to assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching programme on prevention of nomophobia among under graduate nursing students at SJMINS, Chitradurga

Nomophobia is an extreme, irrational and overwhelming fear of being without a mobile phone. Nomophobia is a fairly recently discovered phobia which is known as a 21st-century condition. The individual may experience negative patterns of thoughts and negative feelings, such as anxiety, stress, fear or panic. Hence this study aimed to assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching programme on prevention of nomophobia among under graduate nursing students at SJMINS, Chitradurga. Pre-experimental one group pretest posttest study was conducted. We Enrolled 80 undergraduate nursing students by using probability sampling with lottery method in SJMINS, Chitradurga. Sociodemographic data sheet and structured knowledge questionnaire were used to obtain data from participants. Descriptive and inferential statistics was used to analyze the data. This study revealed that 45.00% (n=36) participants had inadequate knowledge, 51.20% (n=41) participants had moderate knowledge and 3.80% of participants had adequate knowledge in the pretest. 31.20% (n=25) participants had moderate knowledge and 68.80% (n=55) participants had adequate knowledge in the posttest. there was statistically significant difference between pretest mean score (15.76 + 3.71) and posttest mean score (24.09 + 2.26). The calculated t value= -16.835, df=79, p=0.000. The present study is concluded that video assisted teaching program was found to be effective in improving the knowledge scores among under graduate nursing students, SJMINS, Chitradurga.