Effect of Structured Teaching Programme among Young Adult Men on Knowledge Regarding the Physiological and Emotional Changes during Menstrual Cycle- A Quantitative Approach

Abstract

The present study looked over the effectiveness of structured teaching programs among young adult men, on knowledge regarding the physiological and emotional changes experienced by women during the menstrual cycle. The objectives of the study were to assess the pretest and post-test knowledge scores among the experimental and control groups, to determine the effectiveness of the structured teaching program by comparing the post-test knowledge scores of the experimental and control groups, and to determine the association of pretest knowledge score with selected demographic variables. A true experimental one-group pretest- post-test design was chosen. The study was executed in St Mary’s Arts and Science College, Sultan Bathery. A sample of 60 male students was selected by using a simple random sampling technique, 30 were selected as experimental, and 30 as a control group by the same method. Consent was taken from each participant. A questionnaire including 2 sections were provided to the samples. Pretest was conducted on both the control and experimental groups, but the experimental group alone received the structured teaching program. After a week, a post-test was conducted on both experimental and control groups and an information booklet was provided to the control group. The results showed that, when comparing the post-test knowledge score of the experimental and control groups, the experimental group showed good performance after the structured teaching program; where the p-value was less than 0.05(0.001) which is statistically significant. Hence found that the research hypothesis has been accepted. Also, the association of the pretest knowledge score with selected demographic variables showed as insignificant; except for the previous knowledge which implied a p-value of 0.012(0.05). The research findings are formulated as in the fact that the structured teaching program administered among the samples is effective, which underlines that, our research fulfilled its objective.