EFFECTIVENESS OF VIDEO ASSISTED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING TUBERCULOSIS AND ITS TREATMENT MODALITIES AMONG ADULTS IN SELECTED RURAL AREA AT TUMKUR

Until middle of the 20th century, there was no definitive treatment available for tuberculosis. With the availability of streptomycin, Isoniazid, Para amino salicylic acid (PAS), in the mid 1940, the predictable, curative treatment for tuberculosis became reality. The introduction of Rifampcin, Pyrazinamide and Ethambutol in the subsequent years hered in the era of short course treatment the we can make a difference using existing knowledge ready to be applied. Awareness campaigns can be a great initiatives to prevent and to treat the tuberculosis. Objectives: 1. Assess the knowledge of adults regarding tuberculosis and its treatment modalities. 2. To assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching programme (VATP) by comparing pre test and post test scores. 3. To find out the association between post-test knowledge of adults on tuberculosis and its treatment modalities with selected demographic variables. Methodology: A pre experimental One group pre-test and post test design and a quantitative research approach was carried out on 60 adults of selected areas at Tumkur selected by convenient sampling technique to test the effectiveness of video assisted teaching programme. the data was collected by using Structured questionnaire. Data analysis was done using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result: the pre test mean score of knowledge was 37.50. the post test mean score of knowledge was 63.13. the obtained ‘t’ value for the comparision of knowledge score was 39.7 Significant at p<0.05, df 59 (t value 2.0) the study indicate that after intervention there was an improvement in the knowledge significance difference found between pre-test and post-test knowledge score at the level of (P<0.05). level depicts of VATP of tuberculosis and its treatment modalities. Conclusion: The study concluded that knowledge of adults regarding tuberculosis and its treatment modalities was just satisifactory, conseqvently it should be addressed through VATP increase knowledge regarding tuberculosis and its treatment modalities among the adults.