Effectiveness of Educational Intervention on Knowledge regarding Cord Blood Sampling, Banking, and Utilization Among Final Year B. Sc. (N) Students in Selected Colleges of Mangaluru

Abstract

“Umbilical cord blood is a great source of hematopoietic stem cells that are comparable to those found in bone marrow. Umbilical cord blood can be extracted and cryopreserved for subsequent use after delivery. More than 30,000 successful cord blood transplants have been performed globally to date. The study aims to enhance the Knowledge of the final year of the B.Sc. Nursing students regarding umbilical cord blood sampling, banking, and utilization. This study's research design was quasi experimental, and sample selection was conducted by simple random sampling. Using a structured knowledge questionnaire, the data was collected from 140 final year B.Sc (N) students.” A structured knowledge questionnaire was used to test the experimental group eight days after an educational intervention. An educational intervention was not provided to the control group. According to the results, the average percentage knowledge scores in the experimental group pre-test and post-test were 33.80% and 54.28 %, respectively. The enhancement mean percentage knowledge score was found to be 20.48%. "It indicates that enhancement in the mean percentage knowledge score was significant at 0.05 level for all the aspects under study. Whereas in the control group, the mean percentage of knowledge score in the pre-test and post-test were 38.90%and 38.71%, respectively." The statistically paired 'test "t" value t (69) = 12.15, p>0.05, which is greater than the Table value= two is statistically significant. Meanwhile, in the control group, t (69) = 0.178, p>0.05, less than the Table value= 2, is statistically insignificant. The unpaired "t" value on knowledge scores was t (138) = 8.71, p> 0.05, which is greater than the Table value= 1.98 and is statistically significant. Level of Knowledge among the experimental and control group majority, 69(98.57%) and 65(92.85%) had inadequate Knowledge, one (1.42%) and 5(7.14%) had moderate Knowledge in the pre-test. In the post test majority 42(60%) and 2(2.55%) had moderate knowledge 4(5.71%) had adequate knowledge 24(34.28%) and 68(97.14%) had inadequate knowledge. This clearly shows that the educational intervention imparted to students significantly improved the post-test level of Knowledge regarding UCB sampling, banking, and utilization. “The association between pre-test knowledge scores & selected socio-demographic variables was not significant except sources of previous knowledge variable. Hence, it is partially significant at 0.05 levels (P< 0.05). In the control group, there is no significant association between pre-test knowledge score and demographic variables. Interpretation and Conclusion The study findings suggested that educational intervention effectively improves the Knowledge of final year B.Sc (N) students.”