• ravneet kaur

Abstract : Hypertension is one of the major health problem worldwide which is a persistent elevation of systolic blood pressure at level of 140 mm Hg or higher and diastolic blood pressure at level of 90 mm Hg. Hypertension has devastating effects on the brain, being a major cause of cerebrovascular accident. CVA often results in permanent serious complications and disability and is a common cause of death. A Quasi experimental study using pre-test post-test design was conducted to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding cerebrovascular accident among 60 hypertensive patients residing in villages namely Rampura (30 in experimental group) and Ghumanpura (30 in control group) of Amritsar district, Punjab. The sample was selected by purposive sampling technique.The research tool consisted of socio-demographic profile and self structured knowledge questionnaire regarding CVA was used to collect the data. Study findings revealed that hypertensive patients in experimental group had (60%) below average knowledge in the pre test while in the control group half of hypertensive patients (50%) had below average knowledge. More than half (53.3%) of hypertensive patients in experimental group had good knowledge in post test and control group (53.3%) had average knowledge. The findings revealed that post test mean score (17.4±3.9) was higher in experimental than in control group mean (8.2±3.1). ANOVA and “t” test were applied to find the association of post test knowledge of the hypertensive patients. In both experimental and control groups there was significant association between knowledge and duration of illness, while gender, education, occupation, dietary pattern, source of information had non significant association with post test knowledge score of hypertensive patients in experimental group and control group. Hence it can be concluded that cerebrovascular accident is an important factor to be discussed with the hypertensive patients who are at more risk to develop cerebrovascular accident in later life. So, it is important to organize the teaching programmes to enhance the knowledge related to life style changes, dietary changes to reduce the risk of cerebrovascular accident.

Key words: knowledge; cerebrovascular accident; hypertensive patients.

"Effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding cerebrovascular accident", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 9, page no.e542-e546, September-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2309465.pdf

"Effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding cerebrovascular accident", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 9, page no. ppe542-e546, September-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2309465.pdf