Effectiveness of Structure Teaching Programme on Premenstrual Syndrome and Its Management among Nursing Students in Selected Nursing College, Faridkot (Punjab)

PMS stands for Premenstrual syndrome, “pre” means “before” and “menstrual” refers to the “menstrual cycle” or periods. Not all girls will get PMS, but the physical and emotional symptoms are common. Most girls and women with PMS have symptoms the week before this period. A quasi-experimental research design was employed to assess the structure teaching programme on premenstrual syndrome and its management among GNM students in selected college of nursing, Faridkot. Total 50 nursing students were involved in the study between the age of 19-21 years. The result includes the difference between mean pre test knowledge score on premenstrual syndrome and its management among GNM students in control and experimental group was statistically non significant, but the difference between post test knowledge score on premenstrual syndrome and its management among GNM students in control and experimental group was statistically non significant. There was not any statistically significant effect of variables with the premenstrual syndrome. There was statistically significant effect of STP on the knowledge of the GNM students. Keywords: Premenstrual syndrome, Puberty, Psychological changes