Effectiveness of an Information Module in Improving Kidney Transplant Knowledge Among B.Sc. Nursing Fourth-Semester Students at Selected Nursing Colleges, Kota (Rajasthan

Abstract

Background: Advances in surgical technique, immunosuppressive drug therapy, organ preservation, and post-transplant surveillance have transformed kidney transplant outcomes over the last 30 years. Transplant centres with strong track records now report one-year graft survival above 95% and five-year survival beyond 85%, far ahead of the roughly 35%–40% five-year survival typically seen in age-matched patients on long-term haemodialysis (United States Renal Data System, USRDS, 2022).

Methodology: A quantitative evaluative design was adopted. The investigator carried out the main study between 23/06/2026 and 23/07/2026 at selected nursing colleges in Kota, Rajasthan, using a pre-test–post-test (experimental) design. Seventy B.Sc. Nursing fourth-semester students from the Govt. College of Nursing, Kota, made up the sample.

Results: Before the intervention, the group's knowledge was inadequate, with a mean score of 12.85 ± 2.311; afterward, knowledge rose to an adequate level, with a mean of 24.30 ± 1.644. Fifty-six students (80.00%) scored between 24 and 30 after the intervention, whereas no student had scored below 17 beforehand.

Conclusion: Pre-test scores were highest, on average, in the area of post-operative care (56.78%) and lowest in basic transplant concepts (31.42%); post-test scores peaked in basic concepts (90.57%) and were lowest for complications and rejection (69.52%). Age, family type, prior attendance at a seminar or workshop on kidney transplant, and prior knowledge (along with its source, where applicable) were all significantly associated with pre-test knowledge (p < 0.05), lending support to the research hypothesis.