Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on Knowledge regarding Postmenopausal bleeding among the females of age group between 40-60 years in selected area of Anekal, Bangalore

Background: Menopause is a stage in a women’s life when menstruation stops, thus ending of childbearing years. Although it is natural process and not a disease, many women approach menopause with an apprehension that begins to suffer from several mental and physical conditions. One of the most common symptom occurring in the reproductive tract after menopause is postmenopausal bleeding. Nurses are the one who are in close contact with community can create better awareness among the women’s regarding causes of postmenopausal bleeding and its prevention of complications. Objective: The study aimed at assessing the pre-test level of knowledge regarding postmenopausal bleeding among females of age group between 40-60 years, determining the effectiveness of planned teaching programme regarding postmenopausal bleeding among females of age group between 40-60 years and finding the association of pre-test level of knowledge regarding postmenopausal bleeding of females of age group between 40-60 years with their selected demographic variables such as age in years, marital status, religion , educational qualification, occupation, type of diet, source of knowledge, age at menarche and age at menopause. Materials and Methods: An evaluative approach with pre-experimental (one group pre-test post-test) design was used for the study. The sample consisted of 60 women selected by purposive sampling technique. Pre-test was conducted by administering a structured interview questionnaire by the investigator. After the pre-test, the planned teaching programme was administered to the women and on seventh day post-test was conducted using the same structured interview questionnaire. The collected data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The Mean±SD (21.13±2.235) of post- test knowledge scores were higher than the Mean±SD (7.08±1.907) of pre-test knowledge scores. The computed ‘t’ value (t59 =4.492, p<0.05) showed a significant difference suggesting that the PTP was effective in increasing the knowledge of women regarding postmenopausal bleeding. There was significant association between the level of knowledge scores and selected baseline characteristics such as educational qualification, source of information and age at menarche at 0.05 level of significance. Conclusion: The result showed that the planned teaching programme was effective in increasing the level of knowledge of women regarding postmenopausal bleeding.