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A Quasi-experimental Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Menopause Among Women of Selected Rural Communities at Jalandhar, Punjab

Bimla Rani, Ashu Kesar, Surjit Kaur, Vibha ., Suman Lata James

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The objectives were formulated to carry out the study to assess the pre-test knowledge regarding menopause among women of control and experimental groups, to assess the post-test knowledge regarding menopause among women of control and experimental groups, to compare the pre- and post-test knowledge regarding menopause among women of control and experimental groups, and to find out the relationship of the pre- and post-test knowledge regarding menopause among women of control and experimental groups with selected variables such as age, education, occupation, types of family, income per month, religion, and source of information. The post-test mean knowledge score regarding menopause among women in experimental group will be significantly higher than the post-test mean knowledge score among women in control group. The delimitation of the study was that the women in selected rural communities of Jalandhar, Punjab, limited to women of 35–55 years of age and to 100 samples only. Methodology: The conceptual framework of the present study was developed by the investigator based on General System Theory by Ludwig Von Bertalanffy (1968). The research approach adopted for this study was quasi-experimental by using pre-test–post-test design. The population of the study was 100 rural women, 50 in control group and 50 in experimental group, and purposive sampling method was used. In the study, the independent variable was structured teaching programme (STP) and the dependent variable was knowledge regarding menopause among rural women. A self-structured multiple-choice questionnaire was prepared to assess the knowledge regarding menopause. The tool consisted of demographic profile of the subjects, structured multiple-choice questionnaires to assess the knowledge of rural women, and STP to improve the knowledge of the women regarding menopause. The data were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics according to the objectives. Results: The major findings of the study were based on women, 50 samples in control and 50 in experimental group. Most of the women belonged to age group of 35–40 years (40%), maximum women educated up to secondary/senior secondary (32%) and minimum (8%) were graduates or above, and maximum (60%) women were housewives. Maximum women were having income less than 5000 per month. Maximum women were from joint family and minimum were found from nuclear family. Maximum belonged to Hindu and Sikh religions, maximum got information from health professionals and mass media, respectively, and minimum from family members.


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