A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding anorexia nervosa and its prevention among adolescent girls in selected schools of Srinagar.

Syed Suraya Jabeen

Volume : VIII, Issue : VI, June - 2018

A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding anorexia nervosa and its prevention among adolescent girls in selected schools of Srinagar.

Syed Suraya Jabeen

Abstract :

In contemporary society, females want to be thin. The elite classes and the so called jet setting citizens on the world both propagate and give in to the madness to be thin. As the mass media have come to rule of world with both full of super slim models, young girls end up in idolizing them. Adolescence is a period stuffed with lots of psychological problems. Higher number of girls is affected with common psychological problems like anxiety, sleeping disorder, depression, tension and eating disorders. Studies have shown that most common psychological disorder among adolescents is Anorexia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa is a disorder characterized by extreme concern with body weight, an intense fear of becoming fat, and maintenance of body weight below expected levels for height and age. There are mainly two types of Anorexia nervosa. One is restricting type and other one is binge–eating/purging type.

Aim: The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding anorexia nervosa and its prevention among adolescent girls in selected schools of Srinagar.

Materials and methods: A pre– experimental study was conducted using one group pre– test, post –test design to assess the level of knowledge regarding anorexia nervosa and its prevention among adolescent girls in selected schools of Srinagar. The study was conducted in 2 selected schools of Srinagar (IMI girls wing Srinagar& SSM higher secondary Srinagar ). The sample was selected by Stratified proportionate Simple random sampling technique. The sample size was 80. Structured questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge of adolescents girls.

Results: Findings of the study revealed that the post– test mean score was 23.69 with standard deviation 4.16 and the respondents knowledge was significantly higher than, the pre–test mean score of 13.30 with standard deviation 4.11 at P<0.05 level. It is evident that the mean post–test score was higher than the mean pre–test score. Hence the STP on Anorexia nervosa and its prevention was effective.

The study revealed that there is statistically significant association with variable such as occupation of mother(at p=0.02) and evidenced that there was statically association at p≤0.05 level and no association was found with demographic variables like age, residence, type of family, educational status of father, educational status of mother, occupation of father and dietary habits