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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">3356</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.13318</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>To Assess the Effectiveness of Self-Instructional Module on a Healthy Lifestyle to Prevent Acid Peptic Disease Among Heavy Vehicle Driver in Wardha&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Gujar</surname><given-names>Samruddhi</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Gandhare</surname><given-names>Harsha</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>3</day><month>02</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>99</fpage><lpage>102</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Background: Acid peptic disease are a very common problem among professional truck drivers due to their lifestyle and job demands. In addition to Helicobacter pylori, Behavioural influences such as depression and diet were the primary causes of ulcers. There are other factors too. Objectives: To assess the existing knowledge regarding healthy lifestyle to prevent acid peptic disease among heavy vehicle driver and to evaluate the effectiveness of self-instructional module on knowledge regarding healthy lifestyle to prevent the same. Methods: In the present study, the quantitative research approach was used. One group pre-test post-test research design was used. Sampling technique was non-probability convenient sampling technique with 70 sample size. Result: The findings show that in pretest 14 (20 %) of study participants are having average knowledge, 33(47.14%) of study participants are having good knowledge, 23 (32.86%) of study participants are having very good knowledge whereas post-test 18(25.71%) were having very good knowledge, 52 (74.29%) had excellent knowledge. Conclusion: The study concluded that before intervention the heavy vehicle drivers have some knowledge regarding the prevention of acid peptic disease but after the intervention, they improve their knowledge. So the self-instructional module is proved to be improving their knowledge regarding prevention of acid peptic disease.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Acid peptic disease</kwd><kwd> Heavy vehicle driver</kwd><kwd> Healthy lifestyle</kwd><kwd> Self-instructional module</kwd><kwd> Stomach ulcer</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
