Effectiveness of Video Assisted Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Technique of Breast Self Examination Among Adolescent Girls at Maharani’s Science College, Mysore

Abstract

The study was conducted to determine the level of knowledge on the Technique of
Breast Self-Examination among adolescent girls. One group pre-test and post-test design
without a control group with an evaluative research approach was used. It was conducted at
Maharani’s Science College, Mysore. Selected 50 adolescent girls by using the Purposive
Sampling Technique. The Findings revealed that the effectiveness of VATP in the post-test
knowledge score was 43.72% (Mean - 21.86) of subjects was significantly higher than the
mean percentage of pre-test knowledge of 25.56% (Mean - 12.78), Hence, the findings

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suggest that the calculated paired “t” test value (2.04) was more than the table values 1.96 at
0.05,
The findings related to the association between the post-test level of Knowledge and
selected demographic variables revealed that non-significant in the Type of family - χ 2 = 0.56,
P>0.05, Religion - χ 2 = 2.37, P>0.05, Family monthly income- χ 2 =2.07, P<0.05, Food pattern-
χ 2 =2021, P<0.05, Source of health-related information - χ 2 =6.16, P<0.05. were less than the
table value (χ2 = 3.841) under respective degrees of freedom. Therefore the hypothesis (H 2 )
was rejected and concluded that there is no significant association between these variables
and the pre-test level of knowledge.The Video Assisted Teaching Programme has been
effective in increasing the knowledge of Aoloscent.