A STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME IN KNOWLEDGE REGARDING POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME (PCOS) AMONG 1ST YEAR BScNURSING STUDENT OF SMT. NAGARATHNAMMA COLLEGE OF NURSING, BENGALURU

BackgroundStudy: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome or disease (PCOS/PCOD), originally described in 1935by Stein and Leventhal, is a complex, heterogeneous disorder of uncertain etiology, with alarge degree can be classified as a genetic disease. It is thought to be the most frequentendocrineproblem of women in reproductiveage. In India nearly 40% of the women are affected by polycystic ovarian syndrome or disease(PCOD). But among then only 60% come to hospital for treatment, when they recognize thattheyhavegot infertility. This study was undertaken to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program onknowledgeregardingpolycysticovariansyndromeamong1^styearBscnursingstudentsatSmt.Nagarthnammacollege of nursing, Bengaluru. TheobjectivesofAstudytoevaluatetheeffectivenessofstructuredteachingprogramon knowledge regarding polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) among 1^st year Bsc nursingstudentof Smt. Nagarathanammacollegeand schoolof nursing, Bengaluru.

1. Toassesstheexistingknowledgeregardingpolycysticovariansyndromeamongthestudentsof1st yearBScnursing students ofSmt. Nagarathanammacollegeof nursing,Bengaluru.

2. To calculate the effectiveness of structured teaching program on knowledge regardingpolycystic ovarian syndrome among 1^st year BSc nursing students of Smt. Nagarathanammacollegeofnursing.

3. To find an association between pre-test and post-test knowledge score regarding polycysticovarian syndrome among 1st year BSc nursing students of Smt. Nagarathanammacollege ofnursing.

Result: Therewassignificantimprovementintheknowledgeofstudentsfollowingtheadministrationofstructuredteaching programonPolycysticOvarian Syndrome.

Conclusion: The present study attempted to assess knowledge regarding polycystic ovarian syndrome.The study findings showed that the post test score was higher than the pre-test score and wasconcludedthatstructureteachingprogramonpolycystic ovariansyndrome waseffective.