A study to assess the effectiveness of health awareness programme on knowledge regarding prevention of text neck syndrome among students at College of. Dehradun Uttarakhand

Introduction and objective of study: Text neck syndrome (TNS) is a growing health concern caused by prolonged use of handheld electronic devices, leading to musculoskeletal disorders. The estimated from the published data (2017) suggested that the age-standardizes point prevalence was 3551.1, the incidence of neck pain was 806.6 and years lived with disability from neck pain was 352.0 per 1 lakh population. According to World Health Organization (WHO) 2017 recognized neck pain and musculoskeletal disease as public health concern’.Objectives of study are as: (i) To assess the pre-test and post-test knowledge regarding prevention of text neck syndrome among students at selected college of Dehradun, Uttarakhand.(ii) To determine the effectiveness of awareness programme on knowledge regarding prevention of text neck syndrome among students at selected college of Dehradun, Uttarakhand (iii) To find out association between pre-test knowledge score regarding prevention of text neck syndrome with selected demographic variables.Methodology: A quantitative approach with a one group pre-test post-test design was used. A total of 67 students were selected using non-probability purposive sampling technique. Post test was conducted on the 7th day of administering health awareness program. Result In the pre-test, 47.8%had moderate knowledge, 52.2%had adequate knowledge. In the post-test, 100%had adequate knowledge. The reliability coefficient was 0.92. The pre-test mean score was 13.24 and the post-test mean score was 16.06. The t-value was 12.19 and the p-value 0.00001.Conclusion: indicating a significant difference between pre-test and post-test knowledge levels. The study found no association between knowledge levels and selected demographic variables. This study helps the students to understand about the importance of maintaining good postural habits and preventing text neck syndrome.