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Research Paper | Nursing | India | Volume 12 Issue 5, May 2023
A Pre - Experimental Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge regarding Lifestyle Intervention as a Management for Obesity among Adolescents in Selected Schools of District. Kangra H. P.
Robin Sayasha | Anu Varma [2] | Shivani Thakur [3]
Abstract: Obesity is an increasingly problem that is likely to endure and to have long term adverse influence on the health of individual and populations unless action is taken to reverse the trend. An evaluator approach, pre-experimental one group pre-test post-test design, 60 randomly selected (lottery method) students from three conveniently selected schools of district Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. Structured teaching programme with the help of interactive lecture methods was administered after the assessment of pre-test knowledge regarding lifestyle intervention as a management for obesity. Post-test knowledge was assessed on the 7th day of the administration of structured teaching programme through the same structured knowledge programme through the same self structured knowledge questionnaire to assess knowledge regarding lifestyle intervention as a management for obesity. The result of this study general showed, the significant difference between the mean post-test knowledge score (25.08) was higher than mean pre-test knowledge score (12.45) and obtained ‘t’ value has been found statistically very highly significant 29.484 at p< 0.001 level. Hence it can be concluded that structured teaching programme effective in improving knowledge regarding lifestyle intervention as a management for obesity among adolescent students, which was evident in post-test knowledge score.
Keywords: Effectiveness, Structured Teaching Programme, Knowledge, Obesity, Adolescents
Edition: Volume 12 Issue 5, May 2023,
Pages: 2379 - 2384