A PRE-EXPERIMENTAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF OSTEOPOROSIS AMONG MENOPAUSAL WOMEN IN SELECTED COMMUNITY AREAS OF PUNJAB.

Author Name: 1. Sunidika Sharma 2. Ms. Navneet Kaur

Volume/Issue: 06/11

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/05.2026-22984917/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. M.Sc. (N) Student, Saraswati Nursing Institute, Kurali, Punjab, India.
2. Professor, Saraswati Nursing Institute, Kurali, Punjab, India

ABSTRACT

Osteoporosis affects roughly 200 million individuals annually worldwide. According to various research studies in India, the prevalence of osteoporosis among women was from 8 to 62%. Osteoporosis is called ‘the silent disease’ because it can progress without pain. One of the main health issues facing menopausal women is osteoporosis. METHODS AND MATERIALS: In the present study quantitative research approach and a pre-experimental, one-group pre-test post-test design was adopted in this study. A purposive convenient sampling technique was used (N=120). Tool used for the present study was socio-demographic data sheet and Self-structured questionnaire on assessment and management of osteoporosis among menopausal women. RESULT: The result showed that in the pre-test 43 (35.8%) subjects had inadequate knowledge, 77 (64.2%) subjects had moderate knowledge, whereas no subjects had adequate knowledge regarding osteoporosis. After administration of structured teaching programme, the post-test knowledge scores of the subjects were: 103 (85.5%) had adequate knowledge and 17 (14.2%) had moderate knowledge. The paired ‘t’ test value is 40.417, which is significant at the level of 0.05. It reveals that one variable such as type of family had a significant association with knowledge. Whereas other variables are non-significant. CONCLUSION: The findings of the study indicated that the structured teaching programme is effective in improving knowledge on assessment and management of osteoporosis among menopausal women.

Key words: Structured Teaching Programme, Osteoporosis, Menopausal women.