Effectiveness of Video-Assisted Teaching in Enhancing Knowledge on Dengue Fever among Patients Admitted in a Hospital in Navi Mumbai

Aim: The study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of video-assisted teaching on knowledge regarding dengue fever (DF), among patients admitted to the orthopedic ward of D Y Patil Hospital, Nerul, Navi Mumbai. Methods: One group pre-test post-test design was adopted for the study. The approach involved the description of the plan to investigate the phenomenon under study in a structured (quantitative), unstructured (qualitative) or a combination of both (quantitative – qualitative integrated approach) methods. A non-probability convenience sampling technique was used to collect data from 50 patients. The data were collected using a semi-structured questionnaire. Results: In the pre-test, 36% of the study subjects had good knowledge about dengue whereas 26% had poor knowledge scores. There was a marked improvement in the post-test knowledge scores. Chi-square test revealed that in the pre-test there is a significant association between the demographic variables, age, gender, educational qualification, and previous knowledge with the knowledge scores where as the post-test showed significant association of knowledge scores with the demographic variables age and educational qualification on DF. Conclusion: The study can be concluded that the video-assisted teaching may have served a key role in improving the knowledge level of participants based on the t-test and Chi-square results.