“A Descriptive Study to Assess the Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Liver Cirrhosis Among Addicted Male Adults in Selected Areas of Pune City.’’

Abstract

The liver cannot function correctly when there is scar tissue present.¹Adults between the ages of 45 and 54, which make up about 1 in 200 in the population, are most likely to have cirrhosis. About 26,000 fatalities each year are attributed to cirrhosis, which is the ninth most common cause of mortality among Americans between the ages of 25 and 64.

The present study title: “A study to assess the knowledge and attitude regarding liver cirrhosis among addicted male adults selected areas of Pune city”.

Material and Methods: In this study we used quantitative research approach. A descriptive study design was selected as the investigation's study methodology. The non-probability purposive  sampling technique was used. The sample consist of 100 addicted adult male who had fulfilled the inclusion criteria of the study. The reliability of tool was done on 10 participants the value was 0.97 and tool found reliable.

Result: The study mentioned above reveals that understanding about liver cirrhosis indicates that the majority has good understanding (36%) and mediocre knowledge (31%), respectively.  With a mean of 11.61 and a standard deviation of 4.6, 33% of people have inadequate knowledge.

Conclusion: demographic factors like the correlation between education and demographic factors. Age, marital status, education, family structure, and employment are not related to a p value of 0.05.Attitude regarding liver cirrhosis, which reflects that majority 73% have positive attitude & 27 % have negative attitude with mean of 49.23 & S.D is 10.87.

Recommendation: Similar  study may be conducted larger population.