A Study to Assess The Effectiveness of Health Teaching Booklet on Knowledge Regarding Post Retirement Psycho logical Problems and Its Prevention among Elderly People in Selected Urban Areas, Bangalore
Corresponding Author(s) : Thirumoorthy D
aroun2000@gmail.com
International Journal of Allied Medical Sciences and Clinical Research,
Vol. 10 No. 3 (2022): 2022 Volume -10 - Issue 3
Abstract
Aging is a universal process. In the words of Seneca "old age is an incurable disease". But more recently Sir James sterling Ross Commented" you do not heal old age, you protect it, you promote it and you extend it. These are in fact the principles of Preventive Medicine. Hence the research is interested and most important to assess the effectiveness of information booklets on post retirement psychological problems and its prevention among elderly people. And I feel it is vital to conduct a study in this aspect. The present study to assess the effectiveness of health teaching booklet on knowledge regarding post retirement psychological problems and its prevention among elderly people in selected urban areas Bangalore. Evaluative approach was used to conduct the study. The design for the study was one group pretest posttest, quasi experimental design. The sample size comprised of 60 elderly people who met the inclusive criteria were selected by convenient sampling technique The tool consists of Demographic data, self-administered Structured questioner. The data was collected over a period of 4 weeks at selected urban areas Bangalore, pretest was conducted for 45 minutes. Immediately after the pretest, information booklets were given on an individual basis. After seven days posttest was done. The same procedure was continued up to 60 samples. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. The finding shows after the administration of information booklet that 86.7% of elderly people have adequate knowledge regarding post retirement psychological problems and its prevention among elderly people.
Keywords
post retirement psychological problems, elderly people.
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Thirumoorthy D, Premakumari J, Kavitha Parthasarathy, R. Aroun Prasath, Lakshmi Devi R. A Study to Assess The Effectiveness of Health Teaching Booklet on Knowledge Regarding Post Retirement Psycho logical Problems and Its Prevention among Elderly People in Selected Urban Areas, Bangalore. Int. J. of Allied Med. Sci. and Clin. Res. [Internet]. 2022 Sep. 21 [cited 2025 Sep. 20];10(3):346-52. Available from: https://ijamscr.com/ijamscr/article/view/1242
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