Authors :
Nitu kumari singh (Gautam); Laxmi Paudyal
Volume/Issue :
Volume 5 - 2020, Issue 8 - August
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DOI :
10.38124/IJISRT20AUG722
Abstract :
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a
challenging problem as the psychological changes which
occur in adolescent period are much more stressful and
complex. Premenstrual syndrome also known as
premenstrual tension (PMT) is a collection of emotional
symptoms, with or without physical symptoms, related
to menstrual cycle of girls. Menstruation is a normal
physiological cycle or process in all females of the
reproductive age group. However some women, girls
feel or affected by menstrual problem. Among those,
PMS is one of the disorder and it is mainly due to
hormonal imbalance in the body. Yoga which helps to
harmonize the mind and breath with the body through
various breathing techniques, yoga posture (asanas) and
meditation which also helps in relieving pain. Yoga,
tailored to chronic low back pain which helps to
produce significant reduction in pain and depression.
Several yoga poses helps to ease PMS and also help the
mind and body to adapt with stress, anxiety and
depression making to feel relaxed and calm, as well as
enabling us to cope with psychological symptoms of
PMS. The study was conducted with the aim to evaluate
the effectiveness of structured teaching programme
(STP) regarding selected yoga techniques to relieve the
symptoms of PMS among adolescent girls. Researcher
adopted an evaluatory approach with pre-experimental
one group pre-test and post-test design in the study.
Self- structured knowledge questionnaire was used to
assess the knowledge among adolescent girls regarding
selected yoga technique to relieve the symptoms of PMS.
Split half method was used to check the Reliability of
the Tool and the tool was found reliable ( r= 0.88).
probability simple random sampling techniques was
used to select 100 adolescent girls from 3 high school.
Findings revealed that the post-test knowledge score
(26.49±2.48) was higher than pre-test knowledge score
(10.25±2.46). The calculated ‘t’value in knowledge
(51.34 p<0.05). The study found significant association
between knowledge and demographical variables. Study
concludes that structured teaching programme was
effective in improving the knowledge of adolescent girls
regarding Yoga techniques to relieve the symptoms of
premenstrual syndrome.
Keywords :
Effectiveness, Structured teaching programme, Yoga technique, Premenstrual Syndrome, Adolescent girls, Selected Schools
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a
challenging problem as the psychological changes which
occur in adolescent period are much more stressful and
complex. Premenstrual syndrome also known as
premenstrual tension (PMT) is a collection of emotional
symptoms, with or without physical symptoms, related
to menstrual cycle of girls. Menstruation is a normal
physiological cycle or process in all females of the
reproductive age group. However some women, girls
feel or affected by menstrual problem. Among those,
PMS is one of the disorder and it is mainly due to
hormonal imbalance in the body. Yoga which helps to
harmonize the mind and breath with the body through
various breathing techniques, yoga posture (asanas) and
meditation which also helps in relieving pain. Yoga,
tailored to chronic low back pain which helps to
produce significant reduction in pain and depression.
Several yoga poses helps to ease PMS and also help the
mind and body to adapt with stress, anxiety and
depression making to feel relaxed and calm, as well as
enabling us to cope with psychological symptoms of
PMS. The study was conducted with the aim to evaluate
the effectiveness of structured teaching programme
(STP) regarding selected yoga techniques to relieve the
symptoms of PMS among adolescent girls. Researcher
adopted an evaluatory approach with pre-experimental
one group pre-test and post-test design in the study.
Self- structured knowledge questionnaire was used to
assess the knowledge among adolescent girls regarding
selected yoga technique to relieve the symptoms of PMS.
Split half method was used to check the Reliability of
the Tool and the tool was found reliable ( r= 0.88).
probability simple random sampling techniques was
used to select 100 adolescent girls from 3 high school.
Findings revealed that the post-test knowledge score
(26.49±2.48) was higher than pre-test knowledge score
(10.25±2.46). The calculated ‘t’value in knowledge
(51.34 p<0.05). The study found significant association
between knowledge and demographical variables. Study
concludes that structured teaching programme was
effective in improving the knowledge of adolescent girls
regarding Yoga techniques to relieve the symptoms of
premenstrual syndrome.
Keywords :
Effectiveness, Structured teaching programme, Yoga technique, Premenstrual Syndrome, Adolescent girls, Selected Schools
