A study to Assess the Effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Aerobic Exercise in Treating Dysmennorrhoea among Adolescent Girls, Haldwani, Uttarakhand

Dysmennorrhoea is a common problem in women of reproductive age, is a very serious problem that canoften directly effect the quality of life and cause periodic college absenteeism. Primary dysmennorrhoea orpainful menstruation without pelvic pathology is one of the most common complaints in women’s medicineand Secondary dysmennorrhoea is pain that is caused by a disorder or any infection in the woman’sreproductive organs. Aerobic exercise is commonly cited as a probable remedy for menstrual symptomswith limited research available. The purpose of the study was to observe the effect of aerobic exercise onprimary dysmennorrhoea.Material and Methodology:- A quantitative research approach with Pre-Experimental design with onegroup pre-test and post-test was used. The study was conducted in Haldwani, Uttarakhand. The convenientsampling techniques were used to select the study subjects. Date was collected from 40 adolescent girls byusing structured knowledge questionnaire.Result:- The pre-test was taken by using structured knowledge questionnaire designed by researcher andadministered structured teaching programme on same day. After 7 days post test was taken. The data wasanalyzed by using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation was used to describe the result. Inferentialstatistics like paired t test, Chi square test. The overall mean pre-test knowledge score of adolescent girlswas 0.322± 24.27 and mean post-test knowledge score of adolescent girls was 0.634± 46.902 and the meandifference was 0.312. The ‘t’ value was 12.177.Hence the scores predicted that the significant differencebetween the mean pre-test and post-test at p