A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFEECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING ANOREXIA NERVOSA AMONG DEGREE STUDENTS IN SELECTED COLLEGES AT TUMKUR

Anorexia nervosa is a serious psychological eating disorder primarily affecting adolescents and young adults, though it can occur at any age. It is characterized by extreme food restriction, an intense fear of gaining weight, and a distorted body image. This disorder not only poses significant physical risks, such as malnutrition, organ failure, and bone loss, but also causes long-term psychological consequences, including depression, anxiety, and social isolation. Objectives: 1. To assess the knowledge regarding Anorexia nervosa among degree students in selected colleges at Tumkur. 2. To assess the effectiveness of structured teaching program by comparing pre- test and post test knowledge score. 3. To find out the association between pre-test knowledge of degree students and selected demographical variables. Methodology: In this study a quantitative evaluative research approach was used with the pre-experimental one-group pre-test post-test design, by using Simple Random sampling technique, 60 students from Degree college were selected for the study, a pre-test was conducted by using structured knowledge questionnaire regarding Anorexia nervosa and post-test was conducted after 7 days of intervention the data obtained was analyzed by using descriptive such as frequency percentage mean, mean percentage and SD and inferential statistics such as paired ‘t’ test and chi-square test. Results: Data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics such as mean, median standard deviation and paired t-test and chi-square test, pretest findings of the study revealed that the overall score of the pre-test findings mean 6.51 (21.72%), standard deviation of 3.14 in addition to that post-test findings mean 29 (96.66%). Regarding the effectiveness of STP, the calculated value of paired t test (tcal=51.09) is greater than the table value (ttab= 2.000) at 0.05 level of significance. Conclusion: The overall findings of the study revealed that there was a very significant increase in the knowledge of degree students regarding Anorexia nervosa after administration of structured teaching programme. Therefore, it was concluded that the structured teaching programme was highly effective in improving the knowledge of degree students of selected colleges.