Study on Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on Knowledge and Practice Regarding Prevention of Urinary Tract Infection among Adolescent Girls at Selected Schools in Udaipur (Rajasthan)

Background: Urinary tract infection is one of the most common types of infection, accounting 25% of all infection. UTIs are much more common in women than in men. Urinary tract infection during adolescence is related to many factors like low water intake, infrequent voiding and poor menstrual and sexual hygiene. Aim: The aim of the study was to determine the effectiveness of planned teaching programmed on knowledge and practices regarding prevention of UTI Material and Method: A true-experimental design is undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness planned teaching programme on knowledge and practice regarding prevention of UTI. The study consisted of 100 adolescent girls, 50 in each experimental and control group who were selected with two stage cluster sampling technique. The structured knowledge questionnaire and structured practices questionnaire were used to collect data. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. Findings: The findings reveal that majority of adolescent girls (49%) belonged to the age group of 15-16 years and were Hindu (50%). The mean pre-test knowledge score was in experimental group 12.04±3.29 and control group11.38±3.28 respectively while the mean pre-test practice score was in experimental group 12.94±2.85 and control group11.82±2.48 respectively. The level of knowledge and practice regarding prevention of UTI of subjects who were exposed to PTP was significantly better than that of the control group at 0.05 level of significance. However, there is positive correlation between pretest knowledge and practice scores of adolescent girls in both groups. Pretest level of knowledge of adolescent girls and place of residence whereas, practice and educational status of parents was significantly associated. Conclusion: The results of the study concluded that the knowledge and practice of adolescent girls could be improved by providing PTP.