A Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Cervical Cancer Screening among Women Attending Non-Communicable Disease at Government Headquarters Hospital, Perambalur

Abstract

Cervical cancer is the second leading causes of death in ageing population. Study: A Study to Evaluate the effectiveness of planned teaching programme on knowledge regarding cervical cancer screening among women attending non-communicable disease at the Government Headquarters Hospital, Perambalur. Objectives: 1. To assess the existing level of knowledge on cervical cancer screening among women’s at non-communicable disease clinic 2. To evaluate the effectiveness of planed teaching programme on knowledge regarding cervical cancer screening among women’s at non-communicable disease clinic. 3. To find out the association between post-test level of knowledge score on cervical cancer screening among women’s with their selected demographic variables. Sample: The sample selected for this study comprises of women’s who have 17–45 years of age group at NCD clinic in the Government Headquarters Hospital, Perambalur, during the study period and those who meet the inclusion criteria. Sampling technique: simple random sampling techniques used for selecting the sample for the study. Findings: The finding reveals that there was no significant association with the demographic variables: age in years, religion, occupation, marital status, type of family, age at menarche in years, parity at p<0.05 level. The findings revealed that there was significant association with the demographic variables: monthly income, previous knowledge regarding cervical cancer screening, source of information at p>0.05 level.