A descriptive study to assess the knowledge of influence of smart phones on behavioural changes of preschoolers among the mothers at OPD in selected hospitals of Pune City

Abstract

“A descriptive study to assess the knowledge of influence of smart phones on behavioural changes of preschoolers among the mothers at OPD in selected hospitals of Pune City.”Objectives: 1.To identify the knowledge regarding influence of smart phones on behavioural changes of preschoolers among the mothers. 2. To associate the research findings with selected demographic variables. Material& Methodology: A quantitative research design used in the study. The study was conducted in Selected Hospitals of Pune City, Maharashtra India. The study design was non-experimental research. Total 500 mothers of preschooler children’s was selected for data collection. A Non-probability purposive sampling technique was used to collect data from the samples. Tool was constructed to identify the demographic variables, and a set of 20 self-structured questionnaire.Result: The major finding showed that the majority of age 65.2% were from 25-29 years of age group. According to education qualification majority 50.2% were graduated. According to occupation majority 48% were worker. According to family income majority 55.6% were having 15001-30000 family income. According to Any previous knowledge regarding influence of smart phones on behavioural changes of children majority 72.6 % were not having previous knowledge. knowledge regarding influence of smart phones on behavioural changes of preschoolers among the mothers is around equal percentage as 72.8% sample were having poor knowledge, 24.4% sample were having good knowledge and 2.8% sample were having Excellent knowledge. Knowledge means score is 7.17 with SD +2.68. Findings relating to the relationship between a mother's knowledge score and her demographic characteristics. Because the p value is larger than 0.05, there is really no significant correlation and demographic characteristics. Conclusion: The study conducted to assess the knowledge of influence of smart phones on behavioural changes of preschoolers among mothers at OPD in selected hospitals. The statistical analysis revealed that there is majority of mothers were having poor knowledge regarding influence of smart phones on behavioural changes of pre-schoolers.