Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Anorexia Nervosa among Adolescent Girls in a Selected College at Tirupathi A.P India

Abstract

Anorexia is an emotional disorder that focused on food. But it is actually an attempt to deal with perfectionism and a desire to control things by strictly regulating food and weight people with anorexia. Objectives: 1. To assess the pretest knowledge regarding anorexia nervosa among adolescent girls. 2. To evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding anorexia nervosa among adolescent girls. 3.To find out the association between the pretest knowledge regarding anorexia nervosa with their selected demographic variables. Methodology:  Design: Pre-experimental one group pre test & post test design was adopted for this study. Setting: The study was conducted in Tirupathi. Sample size: The sample size was 100 adolescent girls.  Sampling technique: The purposive sampling technique was used. Results: Structured teaching programme is effective of adolescent girls according to level of knowledge before and after the manipulation in which (80%) of the samples had showed inadequate level of knowledge in the pre test. In contrast 96% of the samples experience adequate level of knowledge in the post test. The mean post-test knowledge score (26.03) was greater than the mean pre test level of knowledge score 12.22%. The obtained t- value (44.54) was greater than table value at 0.05 level of significance. It shows the structured teaching programme was effective in improving knowledge. Conclusion: This study shown that Structured Teaching Programme had a significant effect in improving knowledge of adolescent girls.