Can teaching about PMS improve adolescent girls' knowledge?

A quasi-experimental Study was undertaken to assess the Knowledge regarding Pre-menstrual Syndrome and its management among early adolescent in selected govt. school in Jalandhar, Punjab, India. Objectives:To assess the level of knowledgeregarding Pre-menstrual Syndrome and its management among early adolescent girls. To provide knowledgeregarding Pre-menstrual Syndrome with the help of Power point presentation and provide pamphlets regarding its management. To determine the association between the level of knowledge with selected demographic variables and self structured tools. Methodology: A quantitative research approach with quasi-experimental research design was used in the study. Research setting was government middle school Jalandhar Punjab India. Total 60 samples were selected with non-Probability purposive sampling technique. Verbal consent were taken from the students. Self-structured tool was used to assess the knowledge regarding premenstrual syndrome among early adolescent girls. Result and conclusion:The Present study was done on 60 early adolescent girls to assess the Knowledge regarding Pre menstrual syndrome in selected government school, Jalandhar, Punjab India. The study comparison was done based on pre test and posttest level of Knowledge Pre test 7.53 + 2.581. Post test 19.63+ 1.84. Hence, the finding revealed the significant improvement in the knowledge. Recommendation:Similar studies can be replicated with large samples withgeneralization. A study can be conducted to evaluate the knowledge and the attitude of adolescent girls regarding PMS. An exploratory study can be done at various settings to identify factors influencing PMS.

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