A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURE TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING TEXT NECK SYNDROME AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN SELECTED COLLEGES OF MEHSANA DISTRICT

Author Name: 1. Mr.Jayadev P.S, 2. Ms Niki Patel

Volume/Issue: 03/06

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/12.2022-37392711/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. HOD of Medical Surgical Nursing department, Joitiba College of Nursing, Bhandu, Dist: Mehsana, Gujarat
2. 2^nd Year M.sc Nursing student, Joitiba College of Nursing, Bhandu, Dist: Mehsana, Gujarat

ABSTRACT

Health is a very important aspect in the life of everyone. Nothing is more important than health and fitness for any human being. Technology has indeed helped us in many ways, but on the downside, it has also lead to the rise of lifestyle disorders. The term “Text neck” was coined by Dr. Dean L. Fishman, a US chiropractor. The term of Text neck or another phrase turtle neck posture can be described as a repeated stress injury and pain sustained from excessive watching or texting on handheld devices for long periods of time. A quantitative approach using pre-experimental one group pre-test post-test design. 60 adolescents were selected using non-probability purposive sampling technique in selected colleges of Mehsana district. Structured teaching programme was given to the adolescents. Self Structured Questionnaire was used to assess the level of Knowledge on Text neck syndrome among adolescents. In this study overall Among the 60 adolescents, the majority of the samples 37(61.66%) were in the age group of 18 years,34(56.66%) of the sample were in the female gender ,52(86.66%) of the samples were in the religion of Hindu, were 60( 100%) sample of stream of education, were occupation of father 25(41.66%) have private jobs, were mother occupation 40(66.66%) are the house maker, about socio economic status 43(71.66%) are from the middle class, half proportion of samples 44(73.66%) were in nuclear family, dietary pattern of samples 33(55%) were in vegetarian , most of the samples 60(100%) were have a smartphones, and higher proportion of samples 44(73.33%) have using a mobile 2-4 hr. per day. The findings of the study revealed that structured teaching programme helps in improving knowledge regarding text neck syndrome among adolescents. socio economic status 43(71.66%) are from the middle class, half proportion of samples 44(73.66%) were in nuclear family, dietary pattern of samples 33(55%) were in vegetarian , most of the samples 60(100%) were have a smartphones, and higher proportion of samples 44(73.33%) have using a mobile 2-4 hr. per day. CONCLUSION: The findings of the study revealed that structured teaching programme helps in improving knowledge regarding text neck syndrome among adolescents.

Key words: Assess, Effectiveness, Structured teaching programme, Knowledge, text neck syndrome, adolescents.