A Pre-experimental study was conducted with a aim to assess the effectiveness of Nurse led education programme with regard to knowledge on diet therapy among patients with tuberculosis attending TBCD clinic at a selected hospital, Andhra Pradesh; Using Non probability convenient sampling technique, 60 patients with Tuberculosis were selected. The findings reveled that in pre-test, majority 56 (93.33%) of participants had Inadequate knowledge compared to post-test, only 7 (11.66%) Participants had inadequate knowledge on diet therapy. The obtaining ‘t’ value for knowledge (t=7.02, p>0.05) was significant at 0.05 level, indicating that the Nurse led education Programme on Diet Therapy was Effective in terms of the knowledge on diet therapy. Findings revealed that there was no significant association between the knowledge levels of Tuberculosis patients and selected variables like Gender, Education, at p<0.05 level.

Keywords: Nurse led patient education; Tuberculosis Diet; Tuberculosis patients; Patient education.