PCOS is most common non-communicable disease in females after hypertension and diabetes mellitus in India. It has been found through studies that it affects around 5% to 10% of women in their reproductive years. It is associated with negative metabolic, reproductive, endocrine, and psychological consequences among women in reproductive age. Many girls with chronic menstrual irregularities could have PCOS. Lack of knowledge and poor lifestyle choices are considered to be the major factor leading to this syndrome. Nurses are in unique position to create awareness regarding this syndrome. In pre - test conducted among the 30 respondents, 18 (60%) have Inadequate knowledge, 9 (30%) of them have moderate knowledge and 3 (10%) of them have adequate knowledge reagarding PCOS. The post-test was conducted to the same respondents after one week of time. During post-test 28 (93.33%) respondents have adequate knowledge, 2 (6.66%) respondents have moderate knowledge and none of them have inadequate knowledge. The average mean score of the Pre – test is 10.67 and the average means score of post-test is 24.53. The difference between the pre-test and post-test is 13.86. The SD of pre-test is 7.26 and post-test is 3.62. The SD difference is 3.64. The ‘t’ value is 9.362 and ‘df’ score is 58.
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, adolescent girls, knowledge, Structured Teaching Programme
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