Effectiveness of Learning Package on Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Physical, Mental, Social and Economic Status among Adults at Selected Villages of Gokak Taluk, Karnataka.
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Abstract
Context: As of march 11, 2021 more than 11 million people in India had been infected with COVID-19, and about 158,000 had died. The spread of COVID-19 in India is of great concern due to the country’s large and densely populated areas with widespread poverty and high migration rates, coupled with a high prevalence of chronic conditions that are generally poorly controlled.
Objective: To develop and evaluate learning package to overcome from the impact of COVID-19 among adults.
Setting and design: The study was conducted in selected villages of Gokak Taluk and pre-experimental research design was used.
Materials and Methods: Population was comprised of adults aged between 18-60 years old. The sample size was 06 and simple random sampling technique was used to select the samples. Self constructed assessment scales were used. Learning package was developed and evaluated for its effectiveness.
Statistical Analysis used: Descriptive and inferential statistics were used.
Results: The pre-test mean score for functional status was 11.50 and SD was 2.429, anxiety status was 13.67 and SD was 2.685, stress status was 30.00 and SD was 2.898, social status was 26.50 and SD was 4.370 economic status was 5.67and SD was 0.816. In post-test mean score for functional status was 7.50 and SD was 2.258 with mean difference score of 4.00, anxiety status was 7.33 and SD was 1.366 with mean difference score of 6.33, stress status was 7.33 and SD was 0.81565 with mean difference score of 22.66, social status was 17.00 and SD was 2.098 with mean difference score of 9.50, economic status was 3.33 and SD was 0.516 with mean difference score of 2.33. The statistical paired ‘t’ implies that the difference in the pre test and post test score was found to be statistically significant at 5% level. There exists a statistical in the enhancement of score indicating the positive impact of learning package.
conclusions: The impact of COVID-19 was more before distributing the learning package. Hence the learning package was effective.