Improving Quality of Life among Thalassemia Major in Adolescents: Video Assisted Teaching

Background: Thalassemia major (B-TM) a grave health concern that poses serious health consequences during which there arises a mandatory need for regular blood transfusions that is vital for survival.. This led to the conception of this video assisted teaching to improve the Quality of Life (QOL) among B-TM patients.

Aim: To assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching on knowledge regarding quality of life among Thalassemia Major Adolescence and to find the association between knowledge regarding quality of life among Thalassemia Major Adolescence with selected demographic variables.

Materials and methods Sample: A Pre- test and post - test designs was conducted in Gujarat. A total of 50 adolescents were included in study. The data from the thalassemic major adolescents is collected using a predefined questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the collected data, and the results were interpreted in terms of the study's goal and hypothesis. The 0.05 level of significance was chosen.

Results: Post-test result shows that majority of thalassemic major adolescence 11(22%) were having adequate knowledge, 39(78%) were showing moderate knowledge regarding quality of life among thalassemic major adolescence.

Conclusion: The study's goal was to see how efficient video assisted education is at improving knowledge about quality of life among thalassemia major adolescent.The goal of measuring thalassemia major adolescent knowledge and evaluating the effectiveness of video assisted instruction, researchers used a one-group pre-test and post-test approach. The knowledge of thalassemia major adolescents was assessed using a questionnaire.The data was interpreted by suitable appropriate statistical methods.