1 Director and Principal, Nightingale Institute of Nursing, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
2 Vice-Principal, Nightingale Institute of Nursing, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
3 Lecturer, Nightingale Institute of Nursing, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: lavanyanandan61@gmail.com
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) has recently emerged as a significant lifestyle disorder. It is a common condition affecting women of reproductive age and was traditionally linked to obesity and a high body mass index (BMI). However, it is increasingly being diagnosed in adolescents and young adults, particularly among students and early-career professionals.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the level of knowledge and perception regarding PCOS among undergraduate students.
A cross-sectional descriptive research design was adopted. Participants were selected using a purposive sampling technique.
The majority of nursing students, 38.6% were within the ages of 18, regarding gender females are more in numbers i.e. 97%, majority of samples i.e., 77% belongs to Hindu religion, 95% of nursing students have no family history of PCOS, considering the dietary pattern majority 51.5% have mixed diet, largest part of samples i.e.79% belongs to Urban areas, and 52% nursing students have previous information about PCOS, mass media is the major source of information i.e. 39% for nursing students. According to the score of knowledge, 3.50% of nursing students had poor knowledge, 59.5% had average knowledge, and 37% had good knowledge. The mean score for the knowledge was 18.04. According to level of perception, only 12% of nursing students had negative perception on PCOS, 50.5% had neutral perception whereas 34.5% had positive perception. The mean score was 38.9. The correlation coefficient was r = 1.00* which indicates that there is a perfect positive co-relation between knowledge score and perception score.
In regards to polycystic ovarian syndrome, nursing students had average knowledge and neutral perception. Different teaching strategies can be adopted among nursing students which will help them to connect, participate and add excitement to upgrade their knowledge score and perception score towards lifestyle modification and communicate this to the society.
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Knowledge, Perception, Nursing students
