Department of Clinical Nursing Sciences, College of Nursing, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is a problematical disorder with various presentations. The disorder, however, can be treated carefully and efficiently to aid the female student patients to increase their fertility and lead healthy lives.
The objective of this article is to evaluate the impact of an educational program on the knowledge of adolescent female students about PCOS.
A quasi-experimental design was conducted at the College of Nursing University of Mosul for the period 16th to (19th) February 2018 on sixty female students who were divided randomly into two groups (study=30 and control=30). Before implementation of the EP, both groups were exposed to pretest. Only the study group was enrolled in the EP. After one week both groups were exposed to the post-test.
Before implementing the EP both groups show low levels of knowledge regarding POCS. After one week of the implementation of the teaching program the study group shows improvement in their knowledge scores about all knowledge categories related to POCS. Statistically significant difference was found between students’ age and family factor with their knowledge at pretest.
The EP had a positive impact on students’ knowledge concerning POCS. The study recommends that further education programs regarding POCS should be implemented in multi-setting on different target populations in order to generalize the outcomes.
Adolescent Female, Educational program, polycystic ovarian syndrome POCS
