The Impact of a Structured Teaching Program on Enhancing Knowledge About Body Dysmorphic Disorder Among Adolescent Students in Selected PU Colleges in Mysuru

Abstract

Aims & Objectives: The goal of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding body dysmorphic disorder among adolescence students at selected PU colleges in Mysuru.

Methods: The effectiveness of a Structured Teaching Program (STP) on adolescents' knowledge of body dysmorphic disorder was assessed using a pre-experimental pre-test post-test design at a few PU colleges in Mysuru. A structured knowledge questionnaire was created and used to assess the program's efficacy. In collaboration with guidelines and specialists in the fields of statistics, psychiatry, and nursing, the validity of the data was confirmed and its reliability (R=0.68) assessed. The study was carried out at Maharaja Bifurcated PU College in Nazarbad, Mysuru, and the Government PU College for Girls in People Park, Mysuru. 360 adolescents were chosen using a straightforward non-probability selection approach. To get the necessary information, a structured knowledge questionnaire was used. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data.

Result: The mean post-test knowledge score (16.75) was greater than the mean pre-test knowledge score (8.35), according to data analysis. There is a substantial difference between the knowledge gain scores, suggesting that the organised training program is successful, as shown by the computed paired t-test value (t=67.911) being larger than the table value (P>0.05, df 359). Adolescent students' genders, age, religion, location of residence, and prior awareness of body dysmorphic disorder did not correlate, according to calculated χ2 values.

Interpretation and Conclusion: According to this research, adolescents from a few PU colleges in Mysuru responded well to an organised education program on understanding body dysmorphic disorder.