Pilot Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program on Knowledge Regarding the Early Identification and Management of Dementia Among Accredited Social Health Activist

knowledge of early identification and management of dementia is important to achieve quality life of our senior citizen, hence present study aims to assess the knowledge and to find the effectiveness of planned teaching program on knowledge regarding early identification and management of dementia among accredited social health activist regarding dementia, as they are the frontline health personnel to early identify and manage by referral services. Methodology: A true experimental pretest-posttest with control group study design was adapted, using simple random sampling technique, 30 accredited social health activists were selected of which 15 were in experimental group and 15 were in control group respectively, the data was collected using a knowledge questionnaire consists of 30 questions which was reliable and valid to assess the knowledge of accredited social health activist regarding dementia early identification and management. The pretest was conducted to both the experimental and control group following which structured teaching program was given to experimental group, later after 30days of interval both the experimental and control group were given posttest, obtained scores were analyzed using SPSS 16.0version. Results: total 30 accredited social health activist (15 in experimental group; 15 in control group), the study found that the there was significant difference in mean pretest-posttest knowledge scores of experimental group and there was no change in mean pretest-posttest knowledge scores of control group. The study revealed structured teaching program was effective in improving knowledge level of accredited social health activist. Conclusion: The study concludes that the structured teaching program was effective in improving knowledge of accredited social health activist. Training of accredited social health activist regarding of dementia is essential and vital for community early referral and management.