A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge regarding Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome among the Adolescent Girls in Selected College, Chennai

Polycystic ovarian syndrome is a common health problem caused by an imbalance of reproductive hormones among females. The hormonal imbalance enhance problems in the ovaries. TITLE: “A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding polycystic ovarian syndrome among the adolescent girls in selected college, Chennai”. OBJECTIVES: To assess the pre test and post test level of knowledge on polycystic ovarian syndrome among study group and control group and to compare the pre test and post test level of knowledge and to associate the demographic variable with post test level of knowledge regarding polycystic ovarian syndrome. METHODS AND MATERIALS: A true experimental design was chosen. Simple random sampling technique used to select the sample as 100 adolescent girls. 30 semi structured questionnaires was used to assess the knowledge level. Results: Effectiveness of the study is point estimate of adequate knowledge level in study group was 76% and adequate knowledge level in control group was 0.00% (P=0.001). DISCUSSION: Sonia Rawat, [et al.] (2017) explained structured teaching programme was effective in improving the knowledge of adolescent girls on PCOS (p