A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PLANNED TEACHING PROGRAMME IN TERMS OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PREVENTION OF VARICOSE VEINS AMONG TRAFFIC POLICE PERSONNEL OF DELHI NCR WITH A VIEW TO DISSEMINATE AN INFORMATION BOOKLET.

Astudy to assess the Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme in terms of Knowledge regarding Prevention of Varicose Veins among Traffic Police Personnel of Delhi NCR with a view to disseminate an Information Booklet. The objectives of the study were to assess the pre-test level of knowledge of Traffic Police Personnel on Prevention of Varicose Veins, to develop and administer Planned Teaching Programme on Prevention of Varicose Veins, to assess the post-test level of knowledge of Traffic Police Personnel on Prevention of Varicose Veins, to compare the pre-test and post-test level of knowledge of Traffic Police Personnel regarding Prevention of Varicose Veins, to evaluate the effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on Prevention of Varicose Veins among Traffic Police Personnel by comparison between pre-test and post-test knowledge levels, to determine the association of pre-test level of knowledge of the Traffic Police Personnel regarding Prevention of Varicose Veins with their selected demographic variables, to disseminate Information Booklet on Prevention of Varicose Veins. Pre-experimental One group Pre-test Post-test only research design was used to accomplish the stated objectives in the study. After obtaining the ethical permissions, data collection was done in Traffic Police Headquarter, Delhi. A total of 150 Traffic Police Personnel were selected for the study using convenient sampling technique. Selfstructured knowledge questionnaire was used as the data collection tool and planned teaching programme was conducted after the pre-test. The data analysis was done using descriptive and inferential statistics. The pre-test study results showed that 57% Traffic Police Personnel had poor knowledge, whereas, 43% had average knowledge while none of the Traffic Police Personnel had good knowledge regarding Prevention of Varicose Veins. However, after the administration of the planned teaching programme, the post-test knowledge scores presented that 80% Traffic Police Personnel had good knowledge, 17% had average knowledge and only 3% had poor knowledge regarding Prevention of Varicose Veins. There was an association between the knowledge level of the Traffic Police Personnel and the selected demographic variables such as Education and Duration of Duty Hours. Mean pre-test knowledge scores of the sample was lower than the mean post-test knowledge score with a mean difference of 12. The calculated 'Z' value of 23.6 was greater at p < 0.05. Hence, the study results concluded that the planned teaching programme was effective in increasing the knowledge of the Traffic Police Personnel regarding Prevention of Varicose Veins.