Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome among Adolescents and Young Women
Journal Title: Journal of Nursing Today - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: Poly cystic ovarian syndrome is a condition in which woman has an imbalance of sex hormones. It is increasingly observed feature among teenagers and young women. It affects 5%-10% of women in their reproductive age resulting in complication like metabolic disease and infertility. Aim:The study was undertaken to assess the knowledge on the polycystic ovarian syndromeamong adolescent and young women. Methods: One group pre-test post-test pre experimental design was used for the study. It include 34 adolescent girls and young women.Data was collected using the tool prepared by the investigator. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The sociodemographic distribution showed 76% of the participants to be young women (20-24 years). 77% of the mothers of the young women were home makers with 47% of them having secondary level education. 64.7% of the adolescents and young women came from middle or lower middle class. The BMI from deviated from normal range among 55.9% of them. 38.2% of them had information about PCOS from Health personnel. Regarding specific features of PCOS, hair growth was present in 29.4% with 30% having in multiple regions of the body, acne and skin discoloration in 14.7%. A significant difference between mean scores of pre-test (6.5) and post-test (14.6) was found though it was not statistically significant at p (0.05). There is no significant knowledge level of demographic variables. Conclusions: Providing information about PCOS and encouraginghealthy lifestyle among adolescents will help in reducing the incidence of PCOS. Hence health personnel should utilize all opportunity to improve awareness towards the disorder and lifestyle modification.
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Abinaya Pushparaj, Porkodi Rabindhran, Venkatesh Ashok
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