Revista de Enfermagem Comunitária e de Saúde Pública

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Effectiveness of Comprehensive Nursing Intervention Programme (Cnip) on Knowledge and Practice Regarding Safety Measures for Hazards among Elderly Residing in Selected Rural Community, Bangalore

Kala Suneetha, Ashok Seervi

hat occurs in an organism over time. Aging is a fantastic and one-of-a-kind experience. People's strength, vision, and proprioception decline as they age, resulting in impaired balance and altered stride, which leads to falls. Falls are often characterized as "come to rest inadvertently on the ground, floor, or other lower level, excluding intentional change in position to rest in furniture, wall, or other objects." Thousands of elderly people are injured at home each year. Many of them have been gravely injured, and some have become crippled. Aims: The aim of the study is to evaluate the impact of the Comprehensive Nursing Intervention Program (CNIP) on knowledge and practice of safety measures for dangers among the elderly. Methodology: The design was single pre-experimental group pre-test to post-test. The elderly were chosen using a nonprobability purposive sampling technique. A systematic knowledge questionnaire and a non-observational checklist were used to collect data. Results: The mean knowledge score in the pre-test was 9.82 with a standard deviation of 1.78, and the mean practice score was 11.02 with a standard deviation of 1.90. In the post-test, the mean knowledge score was 18.47 with a standard deviation of 1.37, and the mean practice score was 17.08 with a standard deviation of 1.36. The paired t-test demonstrated statistical significance at the p˂0.05 level. It was discovered that the effectiveness of the Comprehensive Nursing Intervention Program (CNIP) had an establishing impact on knowledge and practice regarding safety measures for hazards among the elderly, and that there was a significant correlation (r = 0.378) between knowledge and practice regarding safety measures for hazards among the elderly at the P˂0.05 level. Conclusion: The study concluded that the Comprehensive Nursing Intervention Programme (CNIP) was helpful in increasing elderly people's understanding and practice of safety precautions.