scholarly journals Poly cystic ovarian disease (PCOD) - a modifiable risk factor of infertility: A quasi-experimental research from South India

2019 ◽  
pp. 16
Author(s):  
K.D. Betty
Keyword(s):  
Family History ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Previous Knowledge ◽  
Teaching Programme ◽  
Ovarian Disease ◽  
Structured Teaching ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Cystic Ovarian Disease

Background: India has a population of 1.2 billion, nearly 30 million couples in the country suffer from infertility, in which female infertility is caused mainly by PCOD (40%). In Kerala, adolescent girls’ population comprises 7% and the prevalence is 15% (Annual vital report of statistics report 2015). The unhealthy eating habits and lack of exercise leads to PCOD. Therefore, as a nurse, the investigator has a pivotal role in creating awareness about the modification of lifestyle and prevention of future complications. The investigator observed that many students are diagnosed with PCOD during their physical training screening. Materials and methods: Quantitative research approach, using quasi-experimental one group pre-test – post- test design was adopted to collect data by non-probability convenient sampling from 48 adolescent girls between 17-20 years those who were studying first year B.Sc. nursing in a private nursing college, Kerala. Demographic characteristics were age, religion, weight, family history, previous knowledge and knowledge questionnaire consisted of 30 questions with 4 options regarding poly cystic ovarian disease. Results: Out of 48 subjects, majority (79.2%) were in the age group of 19-20 years, 47.9% were in the group of weight from 50-60 kg and 33.3% had menstrual problems. Majority 89.6% were not having family history and only 38.3% had previous knowledge. Pre- test  showed that majority (97.91%) had average level of score, whereas in the post test majority (91.6%) adolescents had good knowledge regarding poly cystic ovarian disease. The calculated t value 19.79 at 0.05 level of significance indicated that the structured teaching programme was effective. The chi- square value was lower than the table value at 0.05 level showed that there was no significant association between knowledge and their selected demographic variables. Conclusion: Structured teaching programme regarding had improved the knowledge level of adolescent girls about poly cystic ovarian disease.

scholarly journals Impact of Structured Teaching Programme to Enhance the Knowledge Regarding Menstruation and Menstrual Hygiene among Adolescent Girls

2021 ◽  
pp. 99-103
Author(s):  
Deepa Mukherjee
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Test Score ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Teaching Programme ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene ◽  
Female Sibling ◽  
Structured Teaching ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental

The researcher conducted a quasi-experimental study on menstruation and menstrual hygiene among the adolescent girls at primary girls’ school (ajarpura kanyasala) under Anand district Gujarat. The study was intended to see the impact of a structured teaching programme in improving the knowledge of adolescent girls specific to rural areas. The objectives of the study were to assess the existing knowledge, to develop a structured teaching program on menstruation and menstrual hygiene, to assess the knowledge after implementation of structured teaching programmes and to find out the association between the knowledge score of the respondent with the selected demographic variables. The quantitative research approach was used with one group pre-test post-test- quasi experimental research design. The sample of 50 was drawn using probability sampling technique. The tool used was structured knowledge questionnaire. The result shows that majority of the respondents were (92%) in the age group of 12-13 years, most of the respondents (90%) were Hindu religion, the family income for most of the respondent (64%) falls in between Rs. 2000-3000, almost half of the respondents were having an elder female sibling (52%), and initial assessment reveals most of the respondents were (82%) having some knowledge about menstruation and menstrual hygiene. The finding shows significant difference between mean pre-test score (15.56) and post test score (27.80) which also reveals the importance of right information is needed to this group to discard any irrelevant practices. The association with certain demographic variables (age, family income, elder female sibling, information about menstruation) also established at 0.05 level of significance.

scholarly journals A QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING MENSTRUATION AND MENSTRUAL HYGIENE AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS OF SELECTED SR. SEC. SCHOOL, JODHPUR

2021 ◽  
pp. 73-79
Author(s):  
Jaladhi Joshi ◽  
Mohammed Rizwan
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Programme ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene ◽  
Structured Teaching ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Experimental Group

INTRODUCTION: The word ‘’Adolescent’’ is derived from the Latin word ‘adolescere’ which means to grow to maturity that indicate the defining features of adolescence. During puberty the physical changes occur which transform the body of child into that of an adult, changes in body size, and changes in body proportions. Adolescent period is the formative period when maximum amounts of changes take place and pubertal change is one of them. The main pubertal change that occurs in girls is menstruation. This is an important landmark in the process of growth and maturation and prepares them for motherhood. Yesterday’s girl is today’s adolescent and tomorrow’s mother. (1) AIM OF THE STUDY: Assess knowledge regarding menstruation and menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls MATERIAL AND METHOD: A Quasi-experimental one group pre-test post-test study was used in order to evaluate effectiveness of structured teaching programme (the Independent variable) on knowledge regarding menstruation and menstrual hygiene (the dependent variable) among adolescent girls of selected by purposive sampling technique school of Jodhpur. Each participant was informed about the study and that they could withdraw at any time and a written consent was also obtained. RESULT: The findings of the study reveals that in pre-test majority (54.17%) in the experimental group and 91.67% in the control group were having below average knowledge and 45.83% in the experimental group and 8.33% in the control group were having above average knowledge. However the majority of the demographic variable such as age, religion, age of menarche, type of family, educational status, educational status of mother, and sources of information were found not significant association with the level of knowledge regarding menstruation and menstrual hygiene among adolescent’s girls except place of residence, monthly family income. CONCLUSION: It can be concluded that there was a significant improvement on the post-test level of knowledge after implementing STP. This indicates that STP was effective in increasing the knowledge of adolescent girls. KEY WORDS: Knowledge, adolescent girls, menstrual hygiene, structured teaching programme.

scholarly journals A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding selected aspect of adolescent health among adolescent girls in selected school, Lucknow

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-54
Author(s):  
D Anjalatchi ◽  
Rachna Sen
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Health ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Knowledge Score ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Teaching Programme ◽  
Structured Teaching ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Level Of Knowledge

The present study aims at assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programe on knowledge regarding selected aspects of adolescent health among adolescent girls. The current study is based on General Systems Theory by Ludwig Von Bertalanffy. The research approach is quantitative approach and the design selected for the study is pre experimental design, in which one group pre test — post test design. Sampling technique is convenience sampling. Samples consists of 40 adolescent girls who are studying in 8,9,10,11,12 classes and those adolescent girls who satisfies the inclusion criteria are considered as samples. The main objective of the present study is to assess the existing knowledge on selected aspects of adolescent health among adolescent girls. Evaluate the effectiveness of Structured Teaching programme on selected aspects of adolescent health among adolescent girls. Associate the level of knowledge score on adolescent health with selected demographic variables among adolescent girls.Content validity is done with the help of experts. Split-Half method is used to check the reliability.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme Regarding Selected Yoga Techniques to Relieve Symptoms of Premenstrual Syndrome Among Adolescent Girls of Selected High School at Bangalore

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 1688-1698
Author(s):  
Nitu kumari singh (Gautam) ◽  
Laxmi Paudyal
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Premenstrual Syndrome ◽  
Knowledge Score ◽  
Physical Symptoms ◽  
The Body ◽  
Teaching Programme ◽  
Structured Teaching ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Mind

Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a challenging problem as the psychological changes which occur in adolescent period are much more stressful and complex. Premenstrual syndrome also known as premenstrual tension (PMT) is a collection of emotional symptoms, with or without physical symptoms, related to menstrual cycle of girls. Menstruation is a normal physiological cycle or process in all females of the reproductive age group. However some women, girls feel or affected by menstrual problem. Among those, PMS is one of the disorder and it is mainly due to hormonal imbalance in the body. Yoga which helps to harmonize the mind and breath with the body through various breathing techniques, yoga posture (asanas) and meditation which also helps in relieving pain. Yoga, tailored to chronic low back pain which helps to produce significant reduction in pain and depression. Several yoga poses helps to ease PMS and also help the mind and body to adapt with stress, anxiety and depression making to feel relaxed and calm, as well as enabling us to cope with psychological symptoms of PMS. The study was conducted with the aim to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme (STP) regarding selected yoga techniques to relieve the symptoms of PMS among adolescent girls. Researcher adopted an evaluatory approach with pre-experimental one group pre-test and post-test design in the study. Self- structured knowledge questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge among adolescent girls regarding selected yoga technique to relieve the symptoms of PMS. Split half method was used to check the Reliability of the Tool and the tool was found reliable ( r= 0.88). probability simple random sampling techniques was used to select 100 adolescent girls from 3 high school. Findings revealed that the post-test knowledge score (26.49±2.48) was higher than pre-test knowledge score (10.25±2.46). The calculated ‘t’value in knowledge (51.34 p<0.05). The study found significant association between knowledge and demographical variables. Study concludes that structured teaching programme was effective in improving the knowledge of adolescent girls regarding Yoga techniques to relieve the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome.

scholarly journals EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE OF POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS

2013 ◽  
Vol 03 (03) ◽  
pp. 054-058
Author(s):  
Sowmya M. A. ◽  
Philomena Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome ◽  
Teaching Programme ◽  
Knowledge Questionnaire ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Structured Teaching ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Structured Knowledge ◽  
Ovarian Syndrome

AbstractThe study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge of polycystic ovarian syndrome among adolescent girls. The study design adopted was pre experimental one group pre-test post- test design. The demographic Proforma were collected from the adolescent girls by using structured knowledge questionnaire. Data obtained in these areas were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. A significant difference between pre test and post test knowledge was found (t79= 2.0 p<0.05).The study findings showed that the structured teaching programme was effective in improving knowledge of adolescent girls regarding polycystic ovarian syndrome. There was no significant association between the level of knowledge and demographic variables except the group in which they study (Science, Arts, Commerce)

scholarly journals EFFECTIVENESS OF STP ON KNOWLEDGE OF PARENTS REGARDING ADVERSE EFFECTS OF TELEVISION IN CHILDREN

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (01) ◽  
pp. 283-288
Author(s):  
Santhosh S.U ◽  
◽  
Naveena J.H ◽  
Shwetha Rani C.M ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Behavioral Problems ◽  
Television Viewing ◽  
Knowledge Score ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Teaching Programme ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Structured Teaching ◽  
Post Test

Background of the study: Children of this generation addicted to the evil of society called Television and Mobile phone. The excessive viewing of TV may leads to Childhood obesity, Vision problems, Behavioral and Social maladjustments, decreased physical activity in children etc. Report suggested 85% of the food habits in children were based on Television and its advertisements. 62% of the behavioral problems in children are due to adverse effects of television. Objectives of the study: To evaluate the effectiveness of STP on knowledge of parents regarding Adverse effects of Television in children. Methodology:The research approach used in this study was Evaluative in nature and design adopted was pre experimental single group pre test -post test design. Total of 60 parents were selected by using Convenience sampling technique.A structured online questionnaire method was used to assess the knowledge of parents regarding effects of television viewing on children. Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: 37(55%) of the subjects in the pre-test had moderate knowledge regarding effects of television viewing on children, whereas in the post-test all the subjects (100%) had scored between 23 and 29 indicating good knowledge. The mean post-test knowledge score was significantly higher than mean pre-test knowledge score (t =19.51) at 0.05 level of significance. There was significant association between participants pre test knowledge scores with their educational qualification, number of children in the family and source of information. Conclusion: The study proved that parents had poor knowledge on effects of television viewing on children. After administration of the structured teaching programme their knowledge improved to a remarkable extent. The findings of the study showed that the structured teaching programme was effective in increasing the knowledge of parents regarding effects of television on children.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Prevention of Osteoporosis among Premenopausal Women

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 265-274
Author(s):  
Solomon James Mangalaraj ◽  
Sapna Yadav ◽  
Shaloo Rathi
Keyword(s):  
Premenopausal Women ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Previous Knowledge ◽  
Teaching Programme ◽  
Structured Teaching ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Prevention Of Osteoporosis ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

Osteoporosis, which means “porous bone”, is a disease in which the bones gradually become weak and brittle. Osteoporosis is often known as the silent thief because bone losses occur without symptoms and progressive loss and thinning of bone tissue happens over many years. The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on knowledge regarding prevention of Osteoporosis among premenopausal women (35-50 years) attending OPDs in a selected hospital, Raipur. Objectives To assess the pretest level of knowledge regarding prevention of osteoporosis among premenopausal women in experimental group and control group. To determine the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on prevention of osteoporosis in experimental group. To find out the association between knowledge regarding prevention of osteoporosis and selected demographics variables of the premenopausal women. Review of literature was prepared relevant to the study. The conceptual framework of the study was based on “Kenny’s open system model. Pilot study was done among patients in general medicine OPD in a selected hospital, Raipur. The main study was conducted in Orthopedics and Obstetrics & Gynecology OPDs in a selected hospital, Raipur. A total of 90 patients included in the study and they were selected using convenient sampling. The instrument used for data collection was structured knowledge questionnaire. Validity and reliability of the tool was done. Data was collected for the period of 4 weeks. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data. It was observed in present study that majority (70%) of the total sample in experimental and control group had inadequate level of knowledge regarding prevention of Osteoporosis. And it was observed that the mean post test score of experimental group with standard deviation was 19.98±3.02 which was apparently higher than that of post test score of control group 14.11±4.74. Statistical differences were computed and the independent t value is 7.003 which was found significant at 0.05. Hence, Structured Teaching Programme was effective on knowledge regarding prevention of Osteoporosis. The study findings also shows that the association between knowledge score and educational status (ᵡ2=9.511, P=0.05), religion (ᵡ2=7.053, P=0.05) and previous knowledge (ᵡ2=46.44, P=0.05) were highly significant. Hence there was a significant association between pre-test knowledge and selected demographic variables of premenopausal women such as age, gender, education, income, religion, marital status, dietary pattern, age of menarche, age of marriage and previous knowledge. Key words: Structured Teaching Programme, Knowledge, Prevention of Osteoporosis, Premenopausal Women, Effectiveness.

EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING WATER CONSERVATION METHODS AMONG THE STUDENTS OF SELECTED COLLEGES AT MANGALURU, KARNATAKA, INDIA- QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY.

2021 ◽  
pp. 74-75
Author(s):  
Harish. P. M ◽  
Jesna Shaji
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Water Conservation ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Knowledge Score ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Mean Value ◽  
Teaching Programme ◽  
Structured Teaching ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental

The importance of water is known to one and all. Despite water being the basic human need. Water is one of the precious natural resources each and every living being need to survive. The aim of this study was to access the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding water conservation methods among the students of selected colleges at Mangaluru, Karanataka, India. A Quasi Experimental one group pre-test and post-test design was adopted to conduct this study. By using simple random sampling 120 college students were selected from the selected college of Mangaluru. Structured knowledge questionaries were used to collect the data after obtaining the written consent. AStructured teaching program was administered after pre- test and then set of post-test questionnaire was given after 7 days. Result showed that, majority i.e.,73.3% of samples had moderate, 25.5% had inadequate knowledge in pre-test, where as in post-test majority of the samples that is 48.3% had moderate knowledge, 42.5% had adequate knowledge regarding water conservation methods. The mean knowledge score in pre-test computed was 7.88±2.48 and in post-test 12.17 ± 3.87, which showed marked increase (4.29) in mean value. The calculated paired 't' test value was 9.84, (t (119) = 1.66 at p ≤ 0.05 signicance level) which showed signicant difference between pre-test and post-test level of knowledge regarding on water conservation methods and structured teaching programme was effective in signicant increasing the knowledge of college students. Result also 2 revealed that there is signicant association with pre-test knowledge score and age in year, type of family (4.52, 5.82.x = 3.84 at p ≤ 0.05 (1) signicance level). The study concluded that, there is requirement of large group mobilization towards water conservation methods. Further study can be conducted through mass communication in assessment of awareness, practice and attitude of different group of people in the communities regarding water conservation and its importance.

A Quasi – Experimental Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme Regarding Knowledge of Personal Protective Equipment (Ppe) use in Among Nursing Students at Selected Nursing Institute Faridabad (Haryana)

2021 ◽  
pp. 469-472
Author(s):  
Sudhir Singh
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Infection Control ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Teaching Programme ◽  
Structured Teaching ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

Health worker are constantly exposed to infectious pathogens while they provide care to the patients. There are plenty of infection, for health workers to get affected by infection, so infection control measures are most necessary for health workers. By practicing infection control techniques, the health workers can avoid spreading microorganism. This can be possible when there is up gradation of knowledge and attitude of health workers regarding PPE. In this study the researcher Aimed: to assess the effectiveness of Structured teaching programmed on use of PPE among nursing students. Research design: adopted for this study was quasi experimental design, samples for this study was selected through convenient sampling technique. Total sample size for study was 100. Pre- test was done for the subjects in both group experimental and control group and experimental group received structured teaching programme regarding PPE use. Control group subjects did not receive any special intervention. On the seventh day took post- test among subjects in both groups to assess the structured teaching programme regarding use of PPE. Data collection were analyzed with the help of descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Mean post test score in experimental and control group was 25.72and 13.71 respectively. The mean difference score was 12.01. The standard deviation score in experimental group was 2.170 and in control group 9.131. The ‘t’ Value was 59.524 which was statistically significant at ‘P’ value 0.000. Conclusion: This study imposes importance of suitable health teaching intervention through proper structure to the nursing students, for use of PPE.

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