• Lackmichand
• Kanchan Devi

Abstract : Pulmonary rehabilitation is an integral part of the clinical management and health maintenance of those patients with chronic respiratory disease Pulmonary rehabilitation aims to reduce symptoms, decrease disability, increase participation in physical and social activities, and improve the overall quality of life for patients with chronic respiratory disease. Method: An evaluative approach with pre-experimental one group pre-test post-test design was used for this study. The study was carried out in a Geeta Bhavan Hospital at Gwalior. The samples, 50 COPD patients, were selected by a non-probability purposive sampling technique. The data collection was done from after obtaining permission and consent. Pre-test was conducted by administering a structured knowledge questionnaire. After the pre-test the individual health education was administered. Post-test was conducted on 7th day using the same structured knowledge questionnaire. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Paired‘t’ test was used to find the effectiveness of individual health education and chi-square was used to find the association of pre-test knowledge score with selected baseline variables. Results: The findings showed that the mean post test knowledge score (18.1) is higher than the mean pre test knowledge score (9.0833) after the individual health education. The mean percentage knowledge score of pre-test was higher in the area of anatomy and physiology of respiratory system with mean percentage of 70% and the mean percentage of knowledge score was found to be lower in the area of relaxation techniques (24%). whereas the mean percentage knowledge score of post-test was higher in the area of nutrition with mean percentage of 78.66%. The mean percentage of knowledge score was found to be lower in the area of knowledge regarding disease condition (67.33%). The mean difference between the mean post test and the mean pre test knowledge score was found to be statistically significant (t49 = 30.56) at 0.05 level of significance. Hence, the null hypothesis was rejected and research hypothesis was accepted, indicating that the individual health education was an effective method of increasing the knowledge of the COPD patients, on pulmonary rehabiltation.

pulmonary rehabilitation; Individual health education; Chronic respiratory disease; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); Quality of life.

"A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INDIVIDUAL HEALTH EDUCATION ON LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PULMONARY REHABILITATION AMONG PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD) IN SELECTED HOSPITALS AT GWALIOR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 5, page no.c174-c179, May-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2405220.pdf

"A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INDIVIDUAL HEALTH EDUCATION ON LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PULMONARY REHABILITATION AMONG PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD) IN SELECTED HOSPITALS AT GWALIOR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 5, page no. ppc174-c179, May-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2405220.pdf