A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on Benefits of Ginger Tea on Dysmenorrhea among Adolescent Girls Studying in High School of Bagalkot

Background: Dysmenorrhea is a common problem which can alter the daily routines of females. Primary dysmenorrhea affects 40 to 90% women. Dysmenorrhea sufferers account for 3 among 4 women as per evidences. Traditional remedies are chosen to get some relief because of their least side effects. These remedies have a favorable effect in reducing dysmenorrhea. Ginger is used since ancient times as various forms of alternative medicine. One of the traditional uses of ginger is for pain relief, including menstrual pain. The aim of this study was to identify the effectiveness of ginger tea in dysmenorrhea. Methods: A Pre-Experimental research design, was used for present study. The sample for the study consists of 60 Adolescent girls, selected by convenient sampling technique method. Data was collected by self-structured questionnaires for sociodemographic variables, planned teaching programme and was used to assess the level of knowledge regarding dysmenorrhea. The data analysis done by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Findings of the study revealed that 11(37%) of Adolescents girls were having Poor knowledge, followed by 17(57%) of Adolescents girls were having moderate knowledge and 2(7%) of Adolescents girls were having Adequate knowledge. Where as in the post test majority 1(3%) of Adolescents girls were having Poor knowledge, followed by 11(37%) of Adolescents girls were having moderate knowledge and .18(60%) of adolescents girls were having Adequate knowledge. Findings reveal that highest pre-test mean Standard deviation was 94.62+/-13.23 where a sign post-test 96.46 ± 13.44, mean difference was .4.93, then the calculated paired t test value was 7.152 and p value was <0.00001*. Hence its clearly despites that there is significant difference in between pre-test and post-test scores of highest at the level of significance p<0.05. Demographic variable education status has shown significant association with level of knowledge regarding ...