An Experimental Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on Knowledge of Adolescents Girls of Higher Secondary School Age Group (14-17 Years) Regarding Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome at Vijaya Raje Government Girls School, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh

Introduction: Adolescents youthful citizens between the period of 12 and 19 year - are often thinking of as a in good physical shape group. It is the transition stage between babyhood and adolescence. Also many grave diseases in maturity have their ancestry in adolescent. For e.g. Tobacco use sexually transmitted disease together with HIV and deprived intake and exercise behaviour direct to illness or early death afterwards in life. Adolescence and young women make up approximately the 40 % residents of India. It covers about 22.5 % of total population. It is the most fascitinating and changeover period between babyhood and adolescence. The quick bodily, sexual, physiological, and emotional changes causes anxiety and stress, also many serious diseases in adolescence have their root in adolescence. Material & Method: Quantitative approach with one group pre test post test Experimental design was used .Total 30 adolescents’ girls of 10 th standard students of Vijaya Raje government schools were selected by convenient sampling technique. Pre test conducted then planned teaching given on polycystic ovarian syndrome then after one week post-test done on same group, and analysis done by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result : The result revealed that in pre test 50% girls had poor knowledge, 40% girls had average knowledge and 10% girls had good knowledge. In post test knowledge score75% girls had good knowledge, 25% girls had average knowledge and 0% girls had poor knowledge. Study also showed that there is no association between pre test knowledge score on PCOS and demographic variables but in Post test knowledge score some variables showed significant association. Conclusion: The study concluded that planned teaching programme on polycystic ovary syndrome is useful tool for improving knowledge of adolescent girls and it may be used by health care provider for improving knowledge regarding any areas of education.