Effectiveness of Video Assisted Teaching Programme on Knowledge regarding Ill effects of Substance Abuse among nursing students of selected Nursing College, Bangalore

Background of the study: Substance abuse has emerged as one of the major problems in most of the developed and developing countries, undoubtedly proven to a major hindrance in the proper growth and development of individual society, nation, and world as a whole. Adolescents start using harmful and illegal substance at younger age affects their physical growth, emotional development, school performance and general health as well. Objectives: 1. to assess the existing level of knowledge regarding ill effects of substance abuse among nursing students in selected nursing schools. 2. To determine the effectiveness of video assisted teaching programme on knowledge regarding ill effects of substance abuse. 3. To find the association between post test knowledge scores with their selected demographic variables. Design: Pre-experimental one group pre test post test design was selected for the study. Sixty 1st year B. Sc. Nursing students were selected through non-probability convenience sampling technique. Data was collected using a self-structured knowledge questionnaire. Results: Findings revealed that, the mean score of post-test knowledge 21.1±4.44 was higher than mean score of pre-test knowledge 10.7±5.83. The calculated t-value 54.21 was found to be significant at p<0.05 level. Conclusion: Study concluded that the video assisted teaching programmes are effective in enhancing the knowledge regarding ill effects of drug abuse.