2024, Vol. 7, Issue 2, Part B

Introduction: In developing countries like India, women are mostly observed to neglect their health. Due to the absence of knowledge and ignorance, women used to suffer from many health issues. Some are preventable, some are curable if it is recognized at an early level, and some are not curable if it is already late.

Title of the study: A study to evaluate the effectiveness of health teaching programme on knowledge regarding Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome among 10 to 19yr girls in selected school of Pune city.

Research Methodology: In the study quantitative research approach was used. An exploratory pre-test post-test design was selected as the investigators study methodology. The non-probability purposive sampling technique was used. The sample consist of 60 among among 10 to 19 yr girls in selected schools of Pune city who had fulfilled the inclusion criteria of the study in order to assess the knowledge regarding PCOS. The reliability of tool was done on 6 participants the value was 0.73 and tool found reliable.

Result: The study mentioned above reveals that according to the study mentioned above, 78.33% of samples had good knowledge, 21.67% had average knowledge, and 0% had poor knowledge. The average score was 16.13 with a 3.24 SD.

Conclusion: It was concluded that, this topic needs to be included in the courses on community health nursing and medical surgical nursing. Health care practitioners should place more emphasis on health education to raise awareness regarding PCOS.