Effectiveness of a structured teaching programme on Knowledge regarding alcohol dependence syndrome among nurisng students in Nashik
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Alcoholism, Alcohol dependence syndrome, Students, Nursing, Health Knowledge, Curriculum, Quasi-experimental studyAbstract
Background: Harmful alcohol use is a major preventable cause of disease, injury and premature death, and young adults are particularly affected. Nursing students, as future health professionals, need sound knowledge of alcohol dependence syndrome (ADS) to contribute to prevention, early identification, counselling and rehabilitation. Objectives: To assess nursing students’ knowledge of ADS, to evaluate the effectiveness of a structured teaching programme (STP) in improving that knowledge, and to examine the association between pre-test knowledge and selected demographic variables. Methods: A quasi- experimental one- group pre-test– post-test design was used. Sixty undergraduate nursing students at a nursing college in Nashik, Maharashtra, were recruited by purposive sampling. Knowledge was measured with a validated 20-item structured questionnaire (test–retest r = 0.95) before and seven days after a single 45–60-minute STP. Pre-test and post-test scores were compared with the paired t-test, and associations with demographic variables were examined with the chi-square test and Fisher–Freeman–Halton exact test. Results: Before the intervention, 38 students (63.3%) had average knowledge, 14 (23.3%) good knowledge and 8 (13.3%) poor knowledge. After the STP, 40 (66.7%) had good knowledge, 17 (28.3%) average knowledge and 3 (5.0%) poor knowledge. The mean score increased from 10.88 ± 4.11 to 15.32 ± 4.15 (mean difference 4.43; 95% CI 2.78–6.08; t = 5.37, df = 59, p < 0.001; Cohen’s d = 0.69). Pre-test knowledge was associated with age (χ² = 7.15, exact p = 0.026) and course of study (χ² = 9.84, exact p = 0.008), but not with gender, year of study, residence, family type or previous exposure to education on ADS. Conclusion: A single structured teaching session produced a substantial short- term improvement in nursing students’ knowledge of ADS. Structured teaching on alcohol-related disorders merits a regular place in nursing curricula; controlled studies with longer follow-up are needed to confirm the effect and its retention.
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