A QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE AMONG WOMEN REGARDING SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES IN SELECTED RURAL AREAS OF LUDHIANA, PUNJAB

Author Name: Sumandeep Kaur

Volume/Issue: 03/10

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/07.2023-48778866/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. M.Sc. Nursing, (Obstetrics & Gynaecological Nursing,DMC& Hospital College of Nursing, Ludhiana/Baba Farid University of Health Sciences Faridkot, Punjab) India

ABSTRACT

Background Health is wealth. To be healthy the individual would be able to lead a socially and economically: productive life. Health can be distorted by various disorders. Among these sexually transmitted diseases is the most common disorder of reproductive system and it also affects on other systems of the body, which brings greatest loss to the family and society. Sexually transmitted infections can be caused by Bacteria (gonorrhea, syphilis, Chlamydia, Parasites(trichomoniasis),Viruses (human papillomavirus, genital herpes, HIV).Sexual activity plays a role in spreading many other infectious agents, although it's possible to be infected without sexual contact. The symptoms of sexually transmitted diseases like discharge (thick or thin, milky white, yellow, or green leakage from the vagina), vaginal itching, Vaginal blisters or blisters in the genital area (the region covered by underwear), Vaginal rash or rash in the genital area ,Burning urination ,Painful urination, Pain during intercourse. Screening is another method to diagnosis the STI. The one STI screening test suggested for everyone ages 13 to 64 is a blood or saliva test for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS. The Pap test screens for cervical abnormalities, including inflammation, precancerous changes and cancer, which is often caused by certain strains of human papillomavirus (HPV). We have selected this study to assess and compare the knowledge among women regarding sexually transmitted diseases in control and experimental group. Materials and Methods: The investigator adopted convenient sampling technique to select the 60 samples and 21-45 age group women were taken from this study i.e.30 in experimental group and 30 in control group. The present study was conducted at selected rural areas i.e. it was taken from village Bassian, Ludhiana, Punjab and total population were 8165, the village was 6 km away from G.H.G College of nursing, Raikot. It was taken from village Akalgarh, Ludhiana, Punjab and total population were 2000, the village was 9 km away from Raikot. Results: revealed that highest 20.3 post-test mean knowledge score was found in experimental group whereas 19.8 post-test mean knowledge was found among control group. Hence, it was concluded that the post-test mean knowledge score of experimental group was higher than post-test mean knowledge score of control group. Conclusion: The following conclusions were drawn based on the findings of the study i.e. pre -test mean knowledge of control group was 15.7 whereas pre- test mean knowledge of experimental group was 14.46. Post test mean knowledge of control group was 19.8 and post -test mean knowledge of experimental group was 20.03. The difference between the post test mean knowledge score of experimental group regarding sexually transmitted diseases among women was found significantly higher than the post -test mean knowledge of control group at p<0.05 level of significance. There was statistically no relationship with selected demographic variables on knowledge of women.

Key words: Knowledge, sexually transmitted diseases, women, rural area.