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A study to assess the effectiveness of Structured Teaching

Programme (STP) on knowledge of high school students
regarding drug addiction in selected high schools at selected
rural areas
Krishna Venkatesh Taddapalli Reman Viththalrao Jungale Vikrant Ratnakar Kulthe
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
JIIU'S IIMS and R Medical College, Goverment Medical College and MMRIs Kamalnayan Bajaj Nursing
Warudi, Maharashtra Hospital, Aurangabad Maharashtra College, Aurangabad, Maharashtra

ABSTRACT programme. The rise in drug use by young adolescents requires

special attention from all the adults (and institutions) who work
Drug addiction/abuse is a social problem, not in India alone, with young college going population.
but the entire world. The use of drugs has its own culture and
history, which varies from country to country. The problem of Keywords: High School Students, Drug Addiction, Structured
drug abuse is growing at an explosive rate and in just little over Teaching Programme (STP), Knowledge
a decade it has spread its malevolent tentacles to almost every
part of the globe surmounting almost all barriers of race, caste, 1. INTRODUCTION
creed, religion, sex, educational status, economic strata etc. Drug addiction among adolescents has become a global
Drug addiction among adolescents has become a global challenge and also an important public health concern and for the
challenge and also an important public health concern and for past two decades there has been a dramatic increase in the
the past two decades there has been a dramatic increase in the demand for interventions to address the substance abuse
demand for interventions to address the substance abuse problem. This demand has led to the development of multiple
problem. This demand has led to the development of multiple primary, secondary and tertiary substance abuse prevention
primary, secondary and tertiary substance abuse prevention programmes. June 26, 1992 was declared by W.H.O as the
programmes. In this study quasi- experimental two-group pre- International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. In
test - post-test design was adopted. The study sample consider addition, the years 1991-2000 were designated as the United
the 60 students’ high school regarding drug addiction in Nations Decade against Drug Abuse. Global trade and
selected High schools at selected rural areas. Its shows that liberalisation of socio-cultural interaction of the society has
difference between pre-test and post-test overall knowledge made easy access to use and spread of narcotic substances. Drug
score was 28.26%. So the results of the study shown the addiction is a universal phenomenon with its roots in history and
difference between the pre-test and post-test knowledge score tradition. Drug abuse problem has become a global challenge.
of the high school students regarding drug addiction was From a transit country India is fast becoming a major consumer
statistically significant and the difference is due to the of different kinds of drugs. It has become a worldwide
administration of structured teaching programme to high phenomenon among students.
school students regarding drug addiction. The post-test Objectives: 1.To assess the knowledge of High school students
analysis revealed there is significant association was found regarding drug addiction before administering the structured
with age, monthly income of the family, year of high school
teaching programme. 2.To develop and administer structured
study and source of information regarding drug addiction at p teaching programme on drug addiction. 3.To assess the
< 0.05 and no association could be found with other knowledge of High school students regarding drug addiction
demographic variables of high school students. The majority of after administering the structured teaching programme. 4. To
students awarded about the substance abuse side effect, evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme to
Treatment, Coping with addiction by structured teaching
High school students regarding the knowledge about drug

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addiction. 5.To examine association between the level of in the study. Structured teaching programme: In this study, it
knowledge and selected socio demographic variables of High refers to the systematically developed instructional method and
school students towards drug addiction. teaching aids designed for High school students to provide
information regarding drug addiction. Knowledge: In this
2. MATERIAL AND METHODS study, it refers to the correct response of High school students to
An evaluative research approach was adopted to test the main the structured questionnaire on drug addiction. It also refers to
objective of evaluating the effectiveness of structured teaching the awareness and understanding of High school students
programme on knowledge of High school students regarding regarding drug addiction, which covers the general information
drug addiction. In this study two-group pre-test - post-test design on reasons, causes, effects, prevention and management. Its
was adopted. Age in years, Gender, Religion, Type of family, included Knowledge about drug addiction, commonly abused
Parent’s occupation, Monthly income of family, Year of drugs, Causes for drug addiction. Routes of drug addiction, Ill
engineering study, Percentage of marks obtained in previous effects of drug addiction, Complication of drug addiction,
year, any of your known people is drug addict, and source of Treatment for drug addiction, Grading of the scores is as
information regarding drug addiction unit were the extraneous follows: Inadequate knowledge level = 0-10 marks, Moderate
variables. The study was conducted in High schools at selected knowledge level= 11-20 marks, Adequate knowledge level= 21-
rural areas. This High schools was selected because sufficient 30 marks.
participants will be available; proximity of this hospital, 200
meters from the study centre, made the data collection and also 3. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
the study process easy. The study sample consisted of 60 High A sample size of study is 60 High school students. The data on
school students. After explaining the purpose of the study, sample characteristics were analysed using descriptive statistic.
written consent was obtained from the subjects. Based on the
baseline data, subjects who met inclusion criteria were included
Table 1: Aspect wise pre-test mean knowledge scores of high school students regarding drug addiction
n=60
Aspects wise knowledge Max Statement Max Score Range Mean SD Mean%
Drug addiction 14 14 3--9 6.37 2.34 45.50
Causes & Ill effects 7 7 2--6 3.45 2.6 49.29
Treatment 9 9 2--6 4.69 3.2 52.11
Overall 30 30 7--18 14.51 3.8 48.37

The above table and figure-12, describes the mean and standard nurses had obtained significantly low score in each aspect of
deviation of knowledge score obtained by High school students drug addiction before administration of structured teaching
regarding drug addiction before administration of structured Programme with overall mean 14.51(48.37%) and standard
teaching Programme. It is noticeable in the table that the staff deviation 3.8.

Table-2 Aspect wise post-test mean knowledge scores of high school students regarding drug addiction.
n=60
Aspects wise knowledge Max Statement Max Score Range Mean SD Mean%
Substance abuse 14 14 7--12 10.3 2.2 73.57
Causes & Ill effects 7 7 4--7 5.89 1.8 84.14
Treatment 9 9 5--8 6.8 2.92 75.56
Overall 30 30 15--27 22.99 3.2 76.63

The above table-4 and figure-14 Shows that, the mean and teaching Programme with overall mean 22.99(76.63%) and
standard deviation of knowledge score obtained by high school standard deviation 3.2.
students regarding drug addiction after administration of
structured teaching Programme. It is noticeable in the table that Objective : To evaluate the effectiveness of structured
the high school students have obtained significantly high score teaching Programme to high school students regarding the
in each aspect of drug addiction after administration of structured knowledge about drug addiction.

Fig. 1: Mean, SD and Mean% of the knowledge of high school students regarding drug addiction before and after
administering the structured teaching programme.

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The above table shows the comparison of pre-test and post-test majority of high school students 49(81.67%) had adequate level
knowledge of high school students on drug addiction. The pre- of knowledge about drug addiction whereas 11(18.33%) of high
test table depicts majority of high school students 31(51.67%) school students had moderate level of knowledge and none of
had inadequate level of knowledge about drug addiction Only high school students had inadequate knowledge regarding drug
39(48.33%) of high school students had moderate level of addiction after administration of structured teaching Programme.
knowledge and none of high school students had adequate Hence the data reveals the effectiveness of structured teaching
knowledge regarding drug addiction before administration of Programme.
structured teaching programme. The post-test table depicts that,

Table 3: Association between demographic variables and post-test knowledge level of high school students on drug
addiction.
n=60
Level of knowledge
S no. Demographic Variables No % ≤ Median (27) < Median (33) Chi square
No % No %
1 Age in years
a) 13 years 20 33.33 14 70 6 30 9.50
b) 14 years 24 40.0 9 37.5 15 62.5 df 3
c) 15 years 12 20.0 4 33.3 8 66.7 S
d) 16 years and above 4 6.67 0 0.0 4 100.0
2 Sex
a) Male 49 81.67 24 49.0 25 51.0 1.70
b) Female 11 18.33 3 27.3 8 72.7 df 1 N.S
3 Religion
a) Hindu 34 56.67 16 47.1 18 52.9 0.15
b) Christian 21 35.00 9 42.9 12 57.1 df 2
c) Muslim 5 8.33 2 40.0 3 60.0 N.S
d) Others 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
4 Type of family
a) Joint family 12 20.0 5 41.7 7 58.3 0.07
b) Nuclear family 48 80.0 22 45.8 26 54.2 df 1 N.S
5 Parents occupation
a) Government service 19 31.67 10 52.6 9 47.4 7.34
b) Private Service 32 53.33 9 28.1 23 71.9 df 3
c) Self-employed/Business 7 11.67 2 28.6 5 71.4 N.S
d) Agriculture 2 3.33 2 100.0 0 0.0
6 Monthly income of the family
a) Rs.5, 000-Rs.10, 000 23 38.33 16 69.6 7 30.4 14.30
b) Rs.10, 000-Rs.15, 000 12 20.00 6 50.0 6 50.0 df 3
c) Rs.15, 000-Rs.20, 000 16 26.6 5 31.3 11 68.8 S
d) Rs.20, 000 and above 9 15.0 0 0.0 9 100.0
7 Year of High school study
a) 7th standard 12 20.0 9 75.0 3 25.0 19.60
th
b) 8 standard 10 16.67 5 50.0 5 50.0 df 6
c) 9th standard 10 16.67 4 40.0 6 60.0 S
th
d) 10 standard 8 13.33 4 50.0 4 50.0
Percentage of marks obtained in
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previous year
a) 90% and above 4 6.67 0 0.0 4 100.0 8.54
b) 80% and above 12 20.0 5 41.7 7 58.3 df 4
c) 70% and above 22 36.67 8 36.4 14 63.6 N.S
d) 60% and above 17 28.33 12 70.6 5 29.4
e) 50% and above 5 8.33 2 40.0 3 60.0
f) 40% and above 0 0.00 0 0 0 0

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Any of your known people is

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drug addict?
a) Family member 0 0.0 0 0 0 0
b) Friends 4 6.67 3 75.0 1 25.0 1.60
c) Neighbors 2 3.33 1 50.0 1 50.0 df 2
d) None 54 90.0 23 42.6 31 57.4 N.S
Source of information regarding
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drug addiction
a) Mass Media 38 63.33 22 57.9 16 42.1 8.40
b) Peer group/ Friends 18 30.0 3 16.7 15 83.3 df 2
c) If any other sources 4 6.67 2 50.0 2 50.0 S
N.S- Not significant S- Significant at P<0.05level

It shows the association of knowledge level of high school The pre-test table depicts majority of high school students
students regarding drug addiction after administering the 31(51.67%) had inadequate level of knowledge about drug
structured teaching programme with their selected addiction Only 39(48.33%) of high school students had moderate
demographical variables, using Chi –square test. The analysis level of knowledge and none of high school students had
revealed that there is significant association was found with age, adequate knowledge regarding drug addiction before
monthly income of the family, year of high school study and administration of structured teaching programme. The post-test
source of information regarding drug addiction at p < 0.05 and table depicts that, majority of high school students 49(81.67%)
no association could be found with other demographic variables had adequate level of knowledge about drug addiction whereas
of high school students. 11(18.33%) of high school students had moderate level of
knowledge and none of high school students had inadequate
The first objective of the study is: - To assess the knowledge knowledge regarding drug addiction after administration of
of High school students regarding drug addiction before structured teaching Programme. Hence the data reveals the
administering the structured teaching programme. effectiveness of structured teaching Programme.
Based on the above objective of the study the data was collected
by the investigator during the pre-test revealed that the The fifth objective of the study is: - To examine association
knowledge of high school students on drug addiction. The pre- between the level of knowledge and selected socio
test data revealed that, majority of high school students demographic variables of high school students towards drug
31(51.67%) had inadequate level of knowledge about drug addiction.
addiction, whereas 29(48.33%) of high school students had The association of knowledge level of high school students
moderate level of knowledge and none of high school students regarding drug addiction before administering the structured
had adequate knowledge regarding drug addiction before teaching programme with their selected demographical
administration of structured teaching programme. variables, using Chi –square test. The analysis revealed that there
is significant association was found with -age, percentage of
The second objective of the study is: - To develop and marks obtained in previous year and source of information
administer structured teaching programme on drug regarding drug addiction at p < 0.05 and no association could be
addiction. found with other demographic variables of high school students.
The investigator prepared structured teaching programme on The association of knowledge level of high school students
knowledge of high school students regarding drug addiction. regarding drug addiction after administering the structured
This topic consists of general information knowledge about drug teaching programme with their selected demographical
addiction, causes, its effects and management. Teaching was variables, using Chi –square test. The analysis revealed that there
given by power point. is significant association was found with age, monthly income of
the family, year of high school study and source of information
The third objective of the study is: - To assess the knowledge regarding drug addiction at p < 0.05 and no association could be
of high school students regarding drug addiction after found with other demographic variables of high school students.
administering the structured teaching programme.
The findings of the study revealed a significant increase in the 4. HYPOTHESIS TESTING
post-test knowledge score of high school students after the Hypothesis testing was done to evaluate the effectiveness of
administration of structured teaching programme. The post test structured teaching programme on knowledge of high school
data revealed that, majority of high school students 49(81.67%) students regarding drug addiction at selected High schools at,
had adequate level of knowledge about drug addiction whereas Bidar. The paired‘t’ test was used to test the hypothesis and
11(18.33%) of high school students had moderate level of significant difference in the level of knowledge between pr-test
knowledge and none of high school students had inadequate and post-test. Chi-square test was used to test the hypothesis and
knowledge regarding drug addiction after administration of significant association in knowledge between pre-test and post-
structured teaching Programme. test. The overall mean score of pretest is 14.51(48.37%) and
overall mean score of post-test was 22.99(76.63%) knowledge.
The fourth objective of the study is: - To evaluate the Based on the paired‘t’ value of the findings H0 is rejected as there
effectiveness of structured teaching programme to high was significant difference between pre test and post test scores
school students regarding the knowledge about drug of the high school students regarding drug addiction. And H1 was
addiction. accepted as there was significant association between post test
scores and selected demographic variables.

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