A Study to Assess Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program on Knowledge Regarding Safe Use of Menstrual Cup among Adolescent Girls of Selected Schools at Nashik

Abstract

Aim: A study was to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regarding the safe use of menstrual cup among adolescent girls of selected schools at Nashik.

Materials and Methods: In this study, the researcher utilized a quantitative approach, a quantitative evaluatory approach. A pre-experimental design with one group pre-test and post-test was adopted. The setting for the present study is the selected schools of Nashik. The structured teaching program about the safe use of menstrual cups was the independent variable, and the knowledge about the safe use of menstrual cups was the dependent variable in this study. The sample size comprised 450 adolescent girls who met the inclusion criteria. The sample consisted of adolescent girls from selected schools in Nashik, Maharashtra. A simple random sampling technique has been utilized.

Results: The effectiveness of the structured teaching program on knowledge regarding the safe use of menstrual cup was findings that pre-test shows a mean of 10.39 and a standard deviation (SD) of 3.87, whereas the post-test shows a mean of 19.01 and SD was 3.26, respectively. The t-test value was 36.13 with df was 449 and P < 0.00001. The results show significant effectiveness (P < 0.05), that is, there will be significant effectiveness between pre-test and post-test knowledge score regarding the safe use of menstrual cup among adolescent girls.

Conclusion: The study came to the conclusion that structured teaching programs are efficient in raising the level of information about the safety of menstruation cups for adolescent females. Adolescent girls’ levels of knowledge have improved as a result of the implementation of structured teaching program.