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Masters Thesis | Nursing | India | Volume 13 Issue 3, March 2024

A Quasi Experimental Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme regarding Post Menopausal Syndrome on Knowledge among the Middle-Aged Women in Selected Rural Areas of Dhalai Tripura

Gouri Sinha

Abstract: Post menopause is period beginning from about 1 year after cessation of menstruation and at the same time, health related risk also may be apparent due to loss of estrogen activity in women2. The age of menopause ranges between 45 - 55 years, average of being 51yrs. It is estimated that in 1998, there were over 477 million postmenopausal women in the world. That number is projected to rise to 1.1 billion by the year 2025 in the world.10 Methodology: The research design was Quasi Experimental design with non randomized control group design. ?Purposive sampling technique was used to select samples for experimental (n1 - 30) and for control group (n2 - 30). The tool used for data collection was structured knowledge questionnaires which comprised of section A and section B. The reliability of the tool was 0.96. It was found reliable. Pre - test was taken then, the structured teaching programme was implemented on post menopausal syndrome to experimental group and post test was conducted after minimum 7 days. No intervention was given to control group. Data gathered were analyzed by using appropriate descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The overall mean pre test score of experimental group was 48% is less compared to mean post test score of 83.20%, with ?t? value 14.81 which was statistically significant at p<0.05. The overall mean pre - test score of control group was 52.64 % followed by post test score of 54.24%. Overall observation showed that, the structured teaching programme on Post menopausal syndrome was effective. Conclusion: The overall findings of the study clearly showed that, the structured teaching programme was effective in increasing the awareness of common people. The overall findings of the study clearly showed that, the structured teaching programme was effective in increasing the awareness of common people.

Keywords: Effectiveness, Structured teaching programme, Post menopausal syndrome, Middle aged women

Edition: Volume 13 Issue 3, March 2024,

Pages: 250 - 255