EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAM ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING UTI AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS

Abstract

Adolescents are the most delicate age group. This stage of life is characterized by significant
physical, psychological, and social changes. Peer group influences adolescents more than
anybody else in their lives. They are especially susceptible to reproductive development and
growth. Adolescent girls are prone to Urinary tract infections (UTIs) due to lacking of awareness
and hormones changes.A quasi-experimental one-group pretest-posttest design was adopted to
assess the effectiveness of the structured teaching program (STP) on knowledge regarding UTI
among adolescent girls. The study was carried out at a senior secondary school. A total of 60
adolescents were involved through purposive sampling. The data were collected from adolescent
girls using demographic proforma and a pre-designed knowledge questionnaire.Pretest was
conducted than STP was implemented, after two weeks posttest was conducted using by same
questionnaire. The data were analyzed using IBM SPSS version 26. The study revealed that
pretest means score of knowledge was 14.60±2.18. The posttest mean score of knowledge was
18.18±4.27. The mean difference was 3.58. Here paired ‘t’ test was applied to find statistically
difference between pre and posttest knowledge score. As result show that t49=6.585, p=0.001
which indicate statistically significant at 0.01 level.The study found that STP significantly
impacted adolescent girls' knowledge of UTI prevention. Thus, it was concluded that the
educational intervention for preventing urinary tract infections in adolescent girls enhanced their
knowledge.