International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing

STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING CERVICAL CANCER AMONG WOMEN (35-60 YRS) IN SELECTED RURAL AREAS OF CHITTOOR (DT) INDIA

Sravani E1*, Rathiga C

Early pregnancy care, Midwives, Registered nurses, Emergency department, Psychosocial support

Background of the Study: Cervical cancer is a malignancy of the cervix in which cell multiplies, destroys healthy tissue and endanger the life. It is not a communicable disease but it has genetic origin. Cervical cancer is mostly caused by human papilloma virus infection is leading cancer in Indian women, and Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women in India. The present study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding cervical cancer among women (35-60YRS) Objectives of the study: • To assess the level of pretest knowledge regarding cervical cancer among women (35-60 yrs). • To assess the level of posttest knowledge regarding cervical cancer among women (35-60 yrs). • To evaluate the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding cervical cancer among women (35- 60 yrs). • To determine the association between pretest and posttest knowledge scores with their selected demographic variables. Methodology: Quasi experimental Research design was used to achieve the objectives of the study. Research design for the present study was structured teaching program, Simple random technique, lottery method was adopted to select the sample. The sample size comprised of 100 women between the age group of 35-60 years. The setting of the study was selected rural areas of penumuru, Chittoor. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data. Chi square were applied to test the hypothesis. Conclusion: The findings of the study revealed that the knowledge among women regarding cervical cancer was (70%) of women had inadequate knowledge, (26%) of women had moderate knowledge, (4%) had adequate knowledge regarding cervical cancer in pretest. 2% of women had inadequate knowledge,25% had moderate knowledge,73% had adequate knowledge regarding cervical cancer. Mean value is 23.875 and the standard deviation is 3.836 in pre test and 2.846 in posttest. The above findings of the study need for conducting the structured teaching programme among women regarding cervical cancer