Effect of Self Instructional Module on awareness of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome among Adolescent Students
American Journal of Nursing Research • 2019
Publication Information
Authors
Amira Mohammed Salama*, Hemmat Mostafa Elbana
Keywords
self instructional module, polycystic ovarian syndrome, adolescent students
Journal
American Journal of Nursing Research
Publisher
Hemmat Mostafe Elbana
Volume
7
Issue
Not Available
Pages
1009-1019
publication.type
International
Paper Link
Open Link
Supplementary Materials
Hemat Moustafa Hassan Mohamed_hemat6.pdf
Abstract
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a complex endocrine disorder that affects 6% to 10% of women of reproductive age.. Aim of the research was to examine the effect of self instructional module on awareness of polycystic ovarian syndrome among adolescent students. Design: A quasi-experimental research design was adopted to fulfil the aim of this study. Setting: The study was conducted at nursing institute of Benha teaching hospital and nursing institute of health insurance hospital. Sample:A purposive sample of one hundred and seventy five adolescent girls among those attending the above mentioned setting. Tools: Data were collected through four main tools: A Structured interviewing questionnaire, knowledge questionnaire regarding polycystic ovarian syndrome, adaptive healthy measures questionnaire regarding PCOS and adolescent student’s satisfaction sheet. Results: showed that the majority of adolescent students (89.7) had no information about PCOS while minority of them had source of information from health team , mass media ,family and friends respectively. and only 6.3 %of adolescent girls had adequate knowledge pre implementation increased to 90.3 % post implementation. Also there was a highly statistically significant difference between total knowledge and total adaptive healthy measures score related to PCOS at the pre and post implementation phases (p
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