A study of knowledge and awareness on polycystic ovarian syndrome among nursing students in a tertiary centre in South India

Sasikala, R.; Shanmugham, Deepa; Varghese, Jessy; Saravanan, Deepak Kannan

doi:10.21276/obgyn.2021.8.1.23

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“…Majority of the students (89.8%) claimed PCOS to be the most common endocrinological problem in reproductive age group. 8 In this study, majority 306 (87.4%) of the adolescent girls had adequate knowledge, whereas 44 (12.4%) had inadequate knowledge on PCOS. The findings of this are contradictory with the study done by Sunanda and Nayak in Mangalore, which showed that among 150 students, most of the students (114; 76%) had average knowledge, 20 (13.3%) had poor knowledge, and 16 (10.6%) had good knowledge.…”

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“…8 To educate the community about PCOS risk factors, presentation, and complications, paramedical workers and students should be informed about these factors, symptoms, and complications. 8 In this study, majority of (47.7%) of the students belonged to the age group of 20 years, while 312 (89.1%) consumed mixed food. All girls performed one or the other physical activity out of which 297(84.9%) performed exercise.…”

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Knowledge on PCOS among the Nursing Students of a Selected College, Mangaluru

Ferrao

Fernandes

Thomas

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Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU

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Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine disorder commonly affecting the adolescent girls. Globally, the prevalence rate is around 4 to 12% and it affects 5 to 10% women in their reproductive age group. The study was conducted to assess the knowledge on PCOS among the student nurses. This was a questionnaire-based cross-sectional study among 350 adolescent girls of a selected nursing college recruited using stratified random sampling. A predesigned, pretested, semistructured 16-item questionnaire containing two components—basic knowledge on PCOS (8) and treatment and prevention of PCOS (8), was used for data collection and the results were analyzed. Results revealed that all the adolescent girls (350; 100%) belonged to the age group of 18 to 20 years. It was noted that 306 (87.4%) of students had inadequate knowledge, whereas 44 (12.6%) students had adequate knowledge on PCOS. Significant association was found between primary source of information (p = 0.012) and knowledge on PCOS at 0.05 level of significance. The study concluded that conduction of planned teaching programs is necessary to increase comprehensive knowledge with regard to detection of presenting symptoms and foster early diagnosis and treatment of the syndrome thereby promoting overall health.

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Knowledge on PCOS among the Nursing Students of a Selected College, Mangaluru

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Thomas

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“…A semi-structured questionnaire with 15 questions containing 3 components was used for the study: knowledge about risk factors (obesity, sedentary life style, lack of physical exercise, junk food intake, familial inheritance), clinical symptoms and signs (menstrual irregularities, acne, hirsutism, acanthosis nigricans, infertility) and complications (metabolic syndrome, dyslipidaemia and coronary artery disease, endometrial cancer, diabetes mellitus, psychological upset) of PCOS was used for online data collection. 16 The completely answered questionnaires were taken for data analysis. We had received about 500 completely answered questionnaires and thus the results were analysed.…”

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A study to assess the knowledge of female medical students on polycystic ovary syndrome in NRI Institute of Medical Sciences

Malin

Surekha²

2022

Int J Res Med Sci

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Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a hyperandrogenic disorder with an approximate prevalence of 15% to 20%; despite being a common disease in women, an estimated 68% of the total cases remain undiagnosed. Long-term consequences of PCOS on psychological health have been underestimated and disregarded. Even though the disorder has a wide spectrum of symptoms affecting a female's life from early teenage to later in life, it is not given as much importance as other chronic diseases like diabetes mellitus, hypertension, or a thyroid disorder. The need to address this syndrome both as a burden to the healthcare system, as well as on an individual basis right now, is of paramount importance. Previous studies have found that there was a gap in the knowledge of medical students about PCOS and its symptoms and signs, and that lifestyle preferences may predispose to PCOS. Delay in the diagnosis of PCOS may lead to metabolic and reproductive abnormalities associated with it. This study was mainly aimed at assessing the knowledge of female medical students on PCOS in NRIIMS, Sangivalasa.Methods: This was an online questionnaire based cross sectional study conducted on 550 female medical students of NRIIMS from March 2022 to September 2022 after taking approval from the institute ethics committee. The completely filled questionnaires (500) were analysed for the results.Results: In the present study though the female medical students had good knowledge regarding the causes and risk factors associated with PCOS, their knowledge about the complications of PCOS was found to be significantly less. The main source of knowledge regarding PCOS was from the treating doctor and browsing the internet being the next source.Conclusions: Effective educational intervention can significantly increase the level of knowledge on PCOS in female medical students.

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“…Awareness of PCOS symptoms and complications among the health care workers is essential for early treatment and to prevent serious complications. The gap in the level of knowledge and perception when assessed among nurses can be used as a tool to improve the education of the public on PCOS 10 . PCOS still stays as a condition with diagnosis of exclusion 11 .The condition also has many similar mimickers clinically often warranting multisystem approach.…”

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A Study of Knowledge, Awareness, Prevalence, and Riskfactors of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

Basini¹

2022

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Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is one of the endocrine disorders in women of reproductive age. Women with this syndrome may have infrequent menstrual periods due to excess androgen levels. It is important to make an early diagnosis in order to prevent early and late sequel of the syndrome. To assess the level of knowledge, awareness, prevalence and risk factors of PCOS among South Indian region, to identify factors that influenced the awareness, and to improve health care. This is a cross sectional online and offline study was conducted for a period of 8months (October 2021 to May 2022) among South Indian region womens whose age ranged between 18 to 45 years. Women demographic characteristics, reproductive health, knowledge, awareness, prevalence, risk factors of PCOS were analysed through an Online/Google form validated questionnaire. The outcomes of the study indicates that majority of the women 69.81 % (155) participants were under 20 years of age and 30.18% (67) were above 20 years of age, 73% (162) participants had good knowledge about PCOS, and 25.9% (42) participants were aware that menstrual irregularity is a symptom of PCOS. While only 16.2% (36) participants had believed that PCOS may lead to infertility, 13.1% (29) participants are believed that medications as treatment for PCOS, 3.2% (07) participants felt hypertension as risk factor of PCOS, 92.9% (206) participants felt none of them are risk factors of PCOS, and 41% (91) participants had believed that PCOS can treated with allopathy method. Conclusively, the present study observed that the current level of awareness on PCOS among the South-Indian population is still in low key though relatively better than past decades. With regard to knowledge and attitudes of PCOS, patients are still in the grey zone which could be overcome by extensive awareness programme. The present study emphasized the need to health education and awareness programmes to be incorporated in educational system improve to combat the low knowledge among rural population especially utilizing different sources, targeted approach to provide clear, appropriate and tangible information and preventive measures. Keywords: PCOS, excess androgens, menstrual irregularity, awareness, knowledge, prevalence and risk factors.

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A study of knowledge and awareness on polycystic ovarian syndrome among nursing students in a tertiary centre in South India

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Knowledge on PCOS among the Nursing Students of a Selected College, Mangaluru

Knowledge on PCOS among the Nursing Students of a Selected College, Mangaluru

A study to assess the knowledge of female medical students on polycystic ovary syndrome in NRI Institute of Medical Sciences

A Study of Knowledge, Awareness, Prevalence, and Riskfactors of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

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