Impact of Structured Training Programme on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder among Nursing Officers from Selected Hospitals of Rajasthan, India

Introduction: It is a most common disorder in childhood and adulthood were characterized through deficit in attention, concentration and impulse control that is found children is having problems but not identify the disease due to lack of knowledge regarding attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Excessive psychomotor activity that is influence children brain development and intellectual functioning. This activity may be purposeful or aimless with through physical movement and verbal utterances or auditory communications that are usually more rapid or normal and children are having speaking, or language problem. Inattention, impulsivity and distractibility problem are found more common accompanied by hyperactive behaviour.

Research Objectives: The purpose of this study is to impart and evaluate the knowledge amongst the nursing officers regarding the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in the hospitals of Rajasthan. The aim of this study was to identify the knowledge level, administer the structure teaching programme and to evaluate the effectiveness of STP amongst the nursing officers regarding the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in the clinical practice.

Materials and Methods: A qualitative and quantitative approach was used for the study. One group (True experimental study) pre-test post-test design was used for the study. The sample consisted of 300 nursing officers selected by non-randomized purposive sampling technique. Main study was conducted in the selected Hospital of Rajasthan, according to inclusive and exclusive criteria. We obtain the consent form through the hospital to conduct the study in the selected hospitals, where we are obtain prior sign consent form for this study. Research scholar collect the data according to the hospital administration and recognize the samples and given the questionnaire to the nursing officers for assessing the knowledge regarding attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. We are given the structured teaching program for the nursing officers after that knowledge, we taken the post-test after the seven days of where given the knowledge. Where is research scholar are analyzed the data and using descriptive and inferential statistics (Paired’ test, chi-square test, Karl Pearson’s correlation).

Results and Discussion: The result finding of this study that after the post-test we assess the knowledge of nursing officers regarding attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and finding that some nursing officers have increase the knowledge significantly according to the explore of structured teaching program show that this study was effective for the nursing officers.

The pre test average score was 13.34 with standard deviation of 3.3. The post test average score was 18.83 with standard deviation of 3.57. The test statistics value of the paired t test was 31.68 with p value 0.000. Show that there was significant difference in the average knowledge score, at 5% level ofsignificance.For this study, result inference that structured teaching program was effective and improves the knowledge for the nursing officers regarding attention deficit hyperactivity disorder at selected hospitals of Rajasthan. These studies is providing the benefit for the nursing officers and improve the nursing care services and maintain the higher standard of nursing and quality that will be beneficial for the nursing officers as well as for the patient.

Conclusion: We improve the knowledge of nursing officers from the training program that was effective to improve the knowledge and maintain the nursing service accuracy and all aspect regarding the disease. This is beneficial for the in-service education program for the nursing officers.