Survey study, 2019
Can teaching about lifestyle changes help girls understand how to prevent PMS?
Yes. Before teaching, 78% of girls had poor knowledge about PMS prevention. After the teaching program, 38% had good knowledge and 60% had average knowledge.
What they did
50 adolescent girls answered a questionnaire about lifestyle changes for preventing PMS. They then received a planned teaching program. On the eighth day, they answered the same questionnaire again.
What they found
In the pre-test, 78% had poor knowledge, 22% had average knowledge, and 0% had good knowledge. In the post-test, 2% had poor knowledge, 60% had average knowledge, and 38% had good knowledge.
What it means for you
Teaching girls about lifestyle changes can improve their knowledge about preventing PMS. However, this was one school in one city, the study only measured knowledge (not actual behavior or symptom improvement), and there was no control group.
50
Adolescent girls studied
78%
Had poor knowledge before teaching
38%
Had good knowledge after teaching
About the study
- Original title
- A Pre-Experimental Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme On Knowledge Regarding Life Style Changes in Prevention of Pre-Menstrual Syndrome Among Adolescent Girls in a Selected School at Dehlon, Ludhiana
- Authors
- Anupama K., Jaswinder Kaur
- Journal
- International Journal of Obstetrics Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing
- Year
- 2019
- Study design
- Survey study
- Participants
- 50
- What was tested
- Planned teaching program on lifestyle changes for preventing premenstrual syndrome
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.37628/jopnn.v5i2.1178
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