Non-randomised trial, 2018
Does teaching adolescent girls about PMS improve their knowledge?
Yes. After teaching, 64% had excellent knowledge and 36% had good knowledge, compared to 0% before. However, without a control group, we cannot confirm the teaching caused this improvement.
What they did
50 teenage girls took a test about PMS knowledge before a structured teaching program, then took the same test afterward.
What they found
Before teaching: 12% very poor, 66% poor, 22% average, 0% good or excellent. After teaching: 36% good, 64% excellent.
What it means for you
Educational programs can improve girls' knowledge about PMS. The study is small (50 girls in one school) and has no comparison group, so we cannot be certain the teaching program caused the improvement. Conducted in India.
50
girls studied
66%
had poor knowledge before teaching
64%
had excellent knowledge after teaching
About the study
- Original title
- A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding premenstrual syndrome among adolescent girls studying in a selected english medium high school at Bagalkot
- Authors
- Shivanagouda V Malagoudar, Praveen S. Pateel
- Journal
- International Journal of Psychiatric Nursing
- Year
- 2018
- Study design
- Non-randomised trial
- Participants
- 50
- What was tested
- Structured teaching program on PMS
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.5958/2395-180x.2018.00014.2
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