Statement of problems “A study to evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme (STP) on knowledge regarding cervical cancer and pap smear test among women who are attending gynaecology opd’s at selected hospitals of Bangalore. Objectives of the study was to assess the level of knowledge regarding cervical cancer and pap smear test before and after the administration of Structured Teaching Programme, to evaluate the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme by comparing the pretest and post test knowledge scores, to find out the association between women’s pre test knowledge on cervical cancer and Pap smear test with their selected demographic variables. Methodology One group pre-test and post-test design with quasi-experimental design was used to assess the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Cervical cancer and pap smear among women who are attending OBG OPD’s at RMV Hospital, Bangalore and Prakriya Hospital, Bangalore. In view of the nature of the problem and to accomplish the objectives of the study, a Structured Teaching Programme was prepared focusing on Cervical cancer and pap smear test; a structured questionnaire was prepared to assess the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme . Reliability of the tool was tested and validity was ensured in consultation with guides and experts in the field of nursing and medicine. The study was carried out in RMV Hospital, Bangalore. 80 women were selected by convenient sampling. Structured Knowledge questionnaire was given on the participants to collect the needed data. Collected data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results revealed that With regard to the pre-test knowledge assessment, the mean was 11.03 and mean percentage was 42.4 percent and SD was 10.4. In Post-test significant increase in knowledge was found. However, the mean percentage of knowledge score had improved from 42.4 percent in pre-test to 79.0 percent in the post-test. The dispersion of pre-test scores (11.03) was found to be more than that of their post-test (20.54) score. That shows the teaching was effective. The overall ‘t’ value 28.72 (P < 0.05) shows significance which indicates that the STP was effective in increasing the knowledge score. This study proved that there was significant association between the pre-test knowledge scores and selected demographic variable like education.
stp, pap smear. cervical cancer, gynaecology OPD
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