A Comparative Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Lecture Method Versus LCD Method On Knowledge Regarding Ectopic Pregnancy Among B.Sc. Nursing Students in Selected College at Chidambaram

Abstract

The study was undertaken to Compare the effectiveness of Lecture Method versus LCD Method on Knowledge regarding Ectopic Pregnancy among B.Sc. Nursing Students. The research design used for this study was True experimental research design and Simple random sampling technique was adopted. The study was conducted in B.Sc. Nursing 3rd year class room, Rani meyyammai College of Nursing, Annamalai University. Totally 90 students were selected by random sampling method. In that even numbers denotes the interventional group I (Lecture method) and odd numbers denotes the interventional group II (LCD method). Pretest was conducted using structured self-administered questionnaire. Intervention (Teaching) was given to interventional group I by LCD method and routine method was given to interventional group II on the same day after pretest. Posttest was conducted 7 days after the intervention (Teaching). The obtained “t” value 10.9 which is more than the table value and significant at p < 0.005 level. Hence the stated hypothesis was accepted and it was denoted that lecture method was effective in improving the level of knowledge on ectopic pregnancy among nursing students compared to LCD method.