Aims and Objectives: 1. To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of caregivers on management of epilepsy 2. To prepare and administer an instructional module for caregivers on management of epilepsy.

Materials and Methods: The purpose of the study is to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme among caregivers on managing patients with epilepsy. In the present study to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme among caregivers on managing patients with epilepsy the investigator selected quantitative approach. The setting of the study was Neurology outpatient department of KIMS, Hospital, and Thiruvananthapuram. The population selected for the present study was care givers of epileptic patients attending Neurology outpatient department at KIMS Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram. The sample consisted of 50 care givers of epileptic patients and the sampling technique used for the study was convenience sampling technique

Results: 3⁄4 Majority of the caregivers (44%) belonged to the age group 31-40 yrs. and females are the predominant category (66%) among the caregivers and all the caregivers were married (100%). 3⁄4 Maximum respondents 60% had high school education and 4% had postgraduation. Majority of the caregivers were housewives (56%). 40% caregivers belonged to the income group of < 5000 and6% belonged to the income group of > 30000. 3⁄4 Majority (80%) of caregivers belonged to nuclear family and76% were residing in rural areas. 3⁄4 46% of caregivers depended on television as their source of getting information and 26% had television, newspaper and radio as their source of information.