A Study to Evaluate the Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome among Adolescent Girls in Selected Higher Secondary Schools at Trivandrum with a View to Develop a Self-instructional Module

Poly cystic ovarian syndrome is a hormonal disorder common among women of reproductive age. Women with PCOD may have infrequent or prolonged menstrual periods or excess male hormone levels. This hormone imbalances cause them to skip menstrual periods and leads to infertility. The study is attempted to assess the knowledge and attitude regarding PCOD among adolescent girls in selected higher secondary schools. The research design of the study was non experimental descriptive survey design. Study was conducted among 60 adolescent girls in selected higher secondary schools at Trivandrum. The result shows that 88.33 percent of adolescent girls have less adequate knowledge regarding PCOD and only 11.67 percent have moderately adequate knowledge and 75 percent of samples have neutral attitude, 25 percent have negative attitude and no one have positive attitude regarding PCOD. The correlation shows moderately positive correlation between knowledge and attitude. The above findings shows that adolescent girls having less adequate knowledge and negative attitude regarding PCOD, so it is important to develop a self instructional module regarding PCOD for an education program.