AbstractAim of the study: The study aims to find the effect of video-assisted teaching modules on the prevention of postoperative complications among patients undergoing abdominal surgeries in Maharashtra state.
Objectives of the study: Primary objective - To assess the knowledge of PPC among patients undergoing abdominal surgeries before intervention.
Secondary objectives: (1) Assess the knowledge regarding the prevention of post-operative complications among patients undergoing abdominal surgeries. (2) To find out the effect of VATM on knowledge regarding PPC among patients undergoing abdominal surgeries. (3) To find out the association between post-test knowledge score with selected demographic variables.
Method: Quasi-experimental one-group pre-test post-test design and quantitative approach were carried out on 60 patients selected by simple random sampling technique to test the effect of a structured teaching module. The data was collected by using a structured interview questionnaire consisting of 30 items.
Results: The present study evaluates and found that demographic variables, the Majority 40% of patients undergoing abdominal surgeries were in the age group of 29-39 years, and gender depicts that majority of patients 56.70% of them were females, of them had been educated up to secondary education. The majority of 38.30% of them were from the Hindu religion. A majority (65%) of them had a monthly income between 5000 to 10000 majority (50%) had information about post-operative complications from patients undergoing abdominal surgeries. Interpretation and conclusion: The data were analyzed by applying descriptive and inferential statistics. The result of the study indicated that after intervention there was an improvement in the knowledge and they gain good knowledge about the prevention of postoperative complications. Analysis data shows that a highly significant difference was found between the pre-test and post-test knowledge scores at the level of (P<0.05). The hypothesis is proved and accepted.