| Sumario: | Introduction: Cataract is the clouding of the crystalline lens of the eye, placed at the back of the iris or in it envelop. cataract is very common in older people.1 There are, many causes for cataract; they are smoking, diabetes, deterioration in the nutrition of the lens, deposits of acids and salt between lens fibers and disintegrate of lens fibers, use of alcohol and prolonged exposure to sunlight.2 Age related cataract occurs in 40s and 50s. Methods: The research design selected for study was a one group pre-test post-test quasi experimental design. The study includes 60 caregivers who are selected as a sample by non-probability convenient sampling technique. Result: The major findings of the study revealed that, majority of care givers 48(80%) had inadequate level of knowledge about pre and post operative care on knowledge and practice of clients undergoing cataract surgery, whereas 12(20%) of care givers had moderate level of knowledge and none of care givers had adequate knowledge regarding pre and post operative care on knowledge and practice of clients undergoing cataract surgery before administration of structured teaching programme.3However, significant increase in the post-test knowledge score of care givers after the administration of structured teaching programme.4 The post test data revealed that, majority of care givers 40(66.67%) had average level of knowledge about pre and post operative care on knowledge and practice of clients undergoing cataract surgery whereas 20(33.33%) of care givers had moderate level of knowledge and none of care givers had inadequate knowledge regarding pre and post operative care on knowledge and practice of clients undergoing cataract surgery after administration of structured teaching Programme.5 Discussion: The findings of this study revealed that knowledge of the caregivers having more knowledge regarding pre and post operative care after giving the structured teaching programme.6
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