Effect of Structured Teaching Programme on Reduction of Level of Stress among Agricultural Workers in Selected Area at Puducherry

Abstract

Introduction: India has a total geographical area of 328.73 million hectares, with 306.04 million hectares reported for land usage. According to the Registrar General of India, the overall number of agricultural workers has increased from 234.1 million. Most agricultural workers have been linked to poor mental health outcomes in adult farmers and ranchers. Stress, anxiety, and insomnia are the most commonly reported mental health issues, affecting 55% of farmers. Somatic issues are the second most prevalent type of symptom. So, the planned instruction approach will assist farm workers in reducing and managing stress levels. Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on reduction of level of stress among agricultural workers in selected area at Puducherry. Materials and Methods: A Quantitative research approach, pre-experimental (one group Pre-test and Post-test) was adopted in the study. Totally 40 Agricultural workers were selected by Convenient sampling technique at Senthanatham, Puducherry. Pre-test and post-test were done by the Cohen Perceived Stress Scale.  A Structured teaching programme was given to the agricultural workers in reduction of level of stress. Results: The study result shows that the pretest and posttest mean values of stress was 6.6 and 17.9 respectively and the standard deviation value were 3.02 and 0.96 respectively. The obtained p-value of stress is highly statistically significant with a value of p<0.0001. So, this study concluded that structured teaching programme was most effective in reducing the level of stress among the agricultural workers.