Effectiveness of Nurse Led Intervention on Premarital Genetic Counseling in Terms of Knowledge and Attitude among the Unmarried Girls in Selected Rural Area, Rajkot
International Journal of Research and Reports in Gynaecology · pp. 132–139 · Published 26 Apr 2022
Abstract
Introduction: A genetic disorder is an illness caused by abnormalities in gene on chromosome, especially a condition that is present from before birth. Objective: (1) To assess the pre-test & Post-test level of the knowledge and attitude regarding premarital genetic counselling among unmarried females in the selected rural area, Rajkot. (2)To find out the effectiveness of nurse led intervention on premarital genetic counselling among unmarried females. (3) To find out the co-relation between post-test knowledge and attitude regarding premarital genetic counselling among unmarried females (5) To find out association between the level of knowledge and attitude regarding premarital genetic counselling among unmarried females with the selected demographic variables. Methods: Quantitative research design was used with one group pre-test post-test. The researcher used Non-probability convenience sampling technique for selecting 40 samples. Tool: knowledge questioner & 5 points Likert’s scale was used to assess the Knowledge & attitude. The reliability of structured knowledge questionnaire was 0.72 and 5 point likert’s attitude scale was 0.79 determined by using Karl Pearson’s formula. Data Analysis and Results: Descriptive and Inferential statistics was used to analyze the data. ‘The obtain‘ t’ value for knowledge was 12.75 & for attitude scale was 13.81which was significant at 0.05. The findings of the study shows that nurse led intervention is effective in improvement of knowledge and change the unfavourable attitude in to favourable attitude. Conclusion: There is that most of the females had poor knowledge and unfavourable attitude in the pre-test and they improved to good knowledge and favourable attitude after applying nurse led intervention on premarital genetic counselling.
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