Author(s):
Ms. Khushboo Brar1*, Mrs. Tarundeep Kaur2, Mrs. P. Vadivukarrasi Ramanadin3
Email(s):
khushbrar337@gmail.com
DOI:
10.5958/2454-2660.2016.00031.4 
Address:
Ms. Khushboo Brar1*, Mrs. Tarundeep Kaur2, Mrs. P. Vadivukarrasi Ramanadin3
1M.Sc. Nursing, II year, Mata Sahib Kaur College of Nursing, Mohali, Punjab.
2Assistant Professor, Dept. of OBG (N)., Mata Sahib Kaur College of Nursing, Mohali, Punjab.
3Associate Professor, Dept. of OBG (N). Shri Vinoba Bhave College of Nursing, Shri Vinoba Bhave Civil Hospital Campus, Silvassa, Dadra & Nagar Haveli.
*Corresponding Author
Published In:
Volume - 4,
Issue - 2,
Year - 2016
ABSTRACT:
Background: Adolescents ‘challenge is that Polycystic ovarian Syndrome is a systemic, complex disorder that needs to be actively managed by them for the rest of their life. Using selected structured questionnaire in schools at Mohali, researcher assessed the level of knowledge of adolescent girls regarding Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.
Methods: Descriptive study. A structured knowledge questionnaire was administered to adolescent girls to assess the level of knowledge regarding polycystic ovarian syndrome. Afterwards information booklet was provided. The study site was selected schools of district Mohali, 200 adolescent girls were taken as sample from the schools.
Results: Collected data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Pilot study was conducted among 20 teenage girls. The main research study was conducted among 200 teenage girls studying at selected schools of Mohali. The results shows that majority of girls 123 (61.5%) had fair knowledge and minority of girls i.e. 1 (0.5%) had excellent level of knowledge. Only 35 (17.5%) girls had good level of knowledge. The mean score was 8.0 with standard deviation of 2.7 and median was 8.0 with minimum score of 3.0 and maximum score of 16.0.
Conclusion: The findings showed that there was lack of knowledge of teenage girls regarding PCOS. The administration of information booklet may have helped the teenage girls to understand more about PCOS
Cite this article:
Khushboo Brar,Tarundeep Kaur, P. Vadivukarrasi Ramanadin . Knowledge regarding Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) among the Teenage Girls. Int. J. Nur. Edu. and Research.2016; 4(2):136-140. doi: 10.5958/2454-2660.2016.00031.4
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Khushboo Brar,Tarundeep Kaur, P. Vadivukarrasi Ramanadin . Knowledge regarding Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) among the Teenage Girls. Int. J. Nur. Edu. and Research.2016; 4(2):136-140. doi: 10.5958/2454-2660.2016.00031.4 Available on: https://ijneronline.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2016-4-2-11