A Study to Assess the Effect of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Post-Covid Syndrome Among Fourth Year B.Sc. Nursing Students at Selected Nursing Colleges of Pathanamthitta District

COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by the SARSCOV-2 virus.Post-COVID syndrome are signs and symptoms that develop during or after an infection consistent with COVID-19, continuing for more than 12 Weeks.The present study aimed to assess the effect of the Structured Teaching Programme (STP) on knowledge regarding post-syndrome among fourth-year B.Sc. Nursing students at a selected nursing college of Pathanamthitta district.The study's objectives were to determine the effect of a structured teaching program on knowledge regarding post-COVID syndrome by comparing the pre-test and post-test knowledge scores and to find the association between pre-test knowledge scores and selected demographic variables.Non-non-probability convenient sampling technique was used to select the 30 samples and a pre-experimental one-group pretest and post-test design was used.The conceptual framework of this study is based on modified general system theory.During the pretest, the investigator assesses post-COVID syndrome knowledge with a questionnaire.On the same day, the investigator administered a structured teaching program regarding post-syndrome.After 7 days a post-test was conducted using a knowledge questionnaire.The analysis was performed by using descriptive and inferential statistics to assess the effectiveness and association with selected demographic variables.During the pretest 16.6% had poor knowledge, 83.4% had average knowledge and no one had good knowledge regarding post covid syndrome.After the Structured Teaching Programme (STP), 46.7% of the sample attained average knowledge, 53.3% achieved good knowledge and none of them had poor knowledge regarding post-syndrome.The effect of the Structured Teaching Programme was calculated by paired t-test and the value was 9.85.which is greater than the table value.The mean difference was 6.67.The research hypothesis was accepted at a 0.05 level of significance.The association between pretest knowledge and selected demographic variables was calculated by chi-square and shows a significant association between fourth-year B.Sc. nursing students' pretest knowledge score and history and previous knowledge regarding post-COVID syndrome at a degree of freedom 1.The study concluded that a structured teaching program is one of the effective teaching methods to prevent post-syndrome.