Effectiveness of Nurse Led Intervention on knowledge regarding Zika virus among nursing students of selected college of Navi Mumbai.

Abstract

Background: Zika virus is a viral infection affecting both adults and infants, transmitted by mosquitoes. It belongs to the Flaviviridae family, which consists of single-stranded RNA viruses. This study aimed to assess nursing students' knowledge of Zika virus, evaluate the effectiveness of a structured teaching program (STP) on Zika virus, and determine any significant associations between pre-interventional knowledge scores and selected demographic variables.

Methodology: A quasi-experimental research design was employed, utilizing a pre-experimental one-group pre-test and post-test design. Forty-nine final-year BSc Nursing students were selected using non-probability convenient sampling, and data were collected through structured questionnaires.

Results: The majority of participants were aged 17-20 years (89.80%), female (83.68%), Hindu (79.60%), and from urban areas (77.55%). Prior to the structured teaching program, there was a lack of knowledge among nursing students about Zika virus. Following the program, there was a significant increase in knowledge, as indicated by the statistical paired t-test (t = -14.7626, p < 0.05). This suggests that the structured teaching program effectively enhanced nursing students' understanding of Zika virus.

Conclusion: The study concludes that the structured teaching program successfully improved nursing students' knowledge of Zika virus