1Nursing Students, Chettinad College of Nursing, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Kelambakkam, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
2Assistant Professor, Chettinad College of Nursing, Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Kelambakkam, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
*Corresponding Author: K. Vanitha, Assistant Professor, Chettinad College of Nursing, Chettinad Health City, Rajivgandhi Salai, Kelambakkam, Kanchipuram District, Chennai-603103, e-mail: vanitha.kaliyamoorthy@gmail.com, Phone No: 82220327927
Online published on 27 March, 2020.
A descriptive study to assess the knowledge on fertility and infertility among adolescent girls in a selected college at kanchipuram District TamilNadu. The objectives were to assess the knowledge on fertility among adolescent girls in a selected college at Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu, India., To assess the knowledge on infertility among adolescent girls in a selected college at Kanchipuram District Tamil Nadu, India, To compare the knowledge on fertility and infertility among adolescent girls in a selected college at Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu, India, To associate demographic variables With the knowledge on fertility and infertility among adolescent girls in a selected college at Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu, India. Hypothesis of the study were 1. There is no significant co relation between the knowledge on fertility and infertility among adolescent girls in a selected college at Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu, India, 2. There is no significant association between the selected demographic variables with the knowledge among adolescent girls in a selected college at Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu, India. The convenience sampling was used to select 78 samples. The data collection tools were validated and reliability was established. The data were collected by self-administered questionnaire. The collected data tabulated and analyzed. Descriptive and inferential statistic were used. The study showed that 60 adolescent girls had poor knowledge on fertility where as 4 had adequate knowledge on fertility, 39 adolescents had poor knowledge where as 9 had adequate knowledge on infertility. There is a weak positive correlation between knowledge on fertility and infertility among adolescent girls were r=4.586.There is no significant association between the knowledge on fertility and infertility among adolescent girls with the selected demographic variables.
Fertility, Infertility, Adolescent Girls
