• Ms. C. Laldinpuii
• Mrs Nirmali Gogoi

Introduction and objectives:The Children of today are the resources of the future. Preservation of their lives will always be a priority.The infection of the genitourinary system commonly seen in children is Nephrotic syndrome. It is one of the several manifestations of glomerulonephritis. The study was attempted to assess the effectiveness of self instructional module on knowledge regarding nephrotic syndrome and its home management among parents of children with nephritic syndrome in selected hospital, Guwahati, Assam. Materials and method: The research design adopted for this study was pre experimental, one group pre-test post-test design and evaluative research approach was adopted to evaluate the effectiveness of self-instructional module on nephrotic syndrome and its home management.A sample of 30 parents of children with nephrotic syndrome was selected by usingpurposive sampling technique. Initial knowledge of the parents onnephrotic syndrome and its homecare management was determined by administering knowledge questionnaire. A validated SIM (self instructional module) on nephrotic syndrome and its home management was given to parents and its effectiveness was determined by post-test knowledge score. Results and analysis:The resultThe finding of the present study reveals that the mean of post-test knowledge score (21.13) was higher than the mean of pre-test knowledge score (11.17). The obtained‘t’ value 24.09 was found to be significant at 0.05. This indicates that Self instructional module is effective.Significant association was found between the pre-test knowledge scores withnumber of times child hospitalized with nephrotic syndrome. Discussion and conclusion:The finding of the study revealed that self-instructional module was found to be effective strategy for improving the knowledge of the parents of children with nephrotic syndrome on nephrotic syndrome and its home management.

Nephrotic syndrome, Home management, Self- instructional Module.

"A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SELF INSTRUCTIONAL MODULE ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING NEPHROTIC SYNDROME AND ITS HOME MANAGEMENT AMONG PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH NEPHROTIC SYNDROME IN SELECTED HOSPITAL, GUWAHATI, ASSAM.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.779-788, June-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906G19.pdf

"A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SELF INSTRUCTIONAL MODULE ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING NEPHROTIC SYNDROME AND ITS HOME MANAGEMENT AMONG PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH NEPHROTIC SYNDROME IN SELECTED HOSPITAL, GUWAHATI, ASSAM.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp779-788, June-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906G19.pdf