A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Program on Knowledge Regarding Polycystic Ovarian Disease among Adolescent Girls at Selected College, Thiruvallur District

Abstract

Aims: The aim of the study is to assess the effectiveness of a structured teaching program on knowledge regarding polycystic ovarian disease among adolescent girls at a selected college, in the Tiruvallur district.

Materials and Methods: In this study research design adopted by researcher is the pre-experimental one-group pre-test and post-test design. The proposed study was carried out at colleges, Tiruvallur district. The sample size was comprised of 30 adolescent girls who met the inclusion criteria. A convenient sampling technique has been utilized for this study.

Results: The study shows that the post-test mean score (16.77) was high when compared to the pre-test (11.56). In standard deviation, the pre-test value is (1.85) and post-test value is (3.95) and the mean percentage is (38.53%) in the pre-test and (55.9) in the post-test. The result showed that a structured teaching program on polycystic ovarian disease (PCOD) was more effective among adolescent girls.

Conclusion: The conclusion drawn from the study was adequate, moderately adequate, and inadequate knowledge regarding PCOD among adolescent girls. The study shows that demographic variables have no association with post-test scores among adolescent girls at P > 0.05 level. And effective to gain more knowledge regarding PCOD.