Non-randomised trial, 2022
Does teaching adolescents about period symptoms improve their knowledge and attitudes?
Yes, after one week of teaching, more girls had adequate knowledge about PMS and more had positive attitudes. There was no comparison group.
What they did
An educational study with 100 adolescent girls in India. Girls ages 15-18 took a knowledge test and attitude survey, received one week of teaching about period symptoms, then took the same tests again.
What they found
Knowledge improved from 95% inadequate to 50% adequate. Positive attitudes increased from 41% to 48%. Knowledge scores rose from 12.4 to 23.6 (p<0.05). Attitude scores rose from 11.0 to 13.9 (p<0.05).
What it means for you
Teaching girls about period symptoms helps them understand and feel better about PMS. Main limitation: without a control group, we cannot be sure the teaching caused the improvement rather than other factors.
100
girls
12.4 to 23.6
knowledge score increase
41% to 48%
positive attitude increase
About the study
- Original title
- A quasi experimental study to assess the knowledge and attitude regarding premenstrual syndrome among adolescent girls in selected schools at Madurai
- Authors
- Y. John Sam Arun Prabu, M. Priyanka Israel
- Journal
- The Journal of Community Health Management
- Year
- 2022
- Study design
- Non-randomised trial
- Participants
- 100
- What was tested
- One week of planned teaching program on premenstrual syndrome
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.18231/j.jchm.2022.018
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