Effectiveness Of Structure Teaching Program On Knowledge Regarding Complication And Management Of Obesity Among Obese Adolescents.

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Mr. Nikhil Deepak Tasgaonkar, Mr. Narendra Dattatray Bhandari

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The study was undertaken to assess effectiveness of structure teaching program on knowledge regarding complication and management of obesity among obese adolescents in selected educational institutes of Sangli Miraj Kupwad Corporation Area. Objectives were to assess existing knowledge regarding complication and management of obesity, to assess the Post-test knowledge score, to find association of pre-test knowledge score with selected demographical variables. Material and Method - Pre-experimental one group pre-test and post-test design was used for assessing the knowledge and effect of plan teaching program. Total 45 samples were selected by using Non-probability purposive sampling method. The data was collected from the obese adolescent of 12-21 ages who’s BMI score is above 25. The adolescents were being assessed for obesity using BMI calculation. The obese adolescents were included in the further study. Pre-test was being assessed using structured knowledge questionnaire, followed by structured teaching program administration on the same day. After 7 days, post-test was conducted & the collected data was be used for data analysis. The final result shows the pre-test knowledge score mean was 10.02 and the post-test knowledge score mean was 18.80, the “p” value was 0 which shows that there was a significant difference between pre-test and post-test knowledge score.

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