Non-randomised trial, 2020
Does teaching girls about PMS on Facebook increase their knowledge?
Yes. Teenage girls who received health education about PMS through Facebook showed a clear increase in their knowledge about the condition over 4 weeks.
What they did
A study of 77 teenage girls with PMS symptoms. They received health education about PMS delivered through Facebook for 4 weeks. Researchers tested their knowledge before and after using a PMS knowledge questionnaire.
What they found
After the 4-week Facebook education program, the girls' knowledge about PMS clearly increased compared to before they started. The improvement was measurable.
What it means for you
Online health education through social media like Facebook can teach teenagers about PMS effectively. The main limitation is that the study had no control group, and it only measured knowledge, not whether symptoms actually improved.
77
Girls studied
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Duration of education in weeks
About the study
- Original title
- Pendidikan Kesehatan Media Sosial Online Berpengaruh Terhadap Pengetahuan Remaja Tentang Premenstrual Syndrome
- Authors
- Dwi Sri Handayani, Elsi Dwi Hapsari, Widyandana Widyandana
- Journal
- JHeS (Journal of Health Studies)
- Year
- 2020
- Study design
- Non-randomised trial
- What was tested
- Health education about PMS delivered via Facebook for 4 weeks
- Open access
- Yes
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.31101/jhes.1646
Original abstract
Penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pengaruh pendidikan kesehatan media sosial online terhadap pengetahuan tentang premenstrual syndrome (PMS) pada remaja sekolah yang mengalami PMS. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain quasy-experimental dengan pendekatan one group pretest posttest without control. Sampel penelitian 77 remaja wanita sekolah yang mengalami gejala PMS. Intervensi penelitian dengan pendidikan kesehatan tentang PMS menggunakan media sosial online facebook selama empat minggu dengan dua kali posttest . Alat pengambilan data pretest dan posttest menggunakan Kuesioner Pengetahuan Premenstrual Syndrome (KPPMS). Hasil menunjukkan pendidikan kesehatan media sosial online berpengaruh (p=0,001 ;<0,05) terhadap pengetahuan remaja tentang PMS
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