A Study To Assess The Knowledge Regarding Prevention Of Selected Lifestyle Diseases Among Adolescents In Higher Secondary School of District Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab With A View To Develop Informational Booklet

Abstract

Introduction: A descriptive study to assess the knowledge of prevention of selected lifestyle
diseases among the adolescent girls of selected senior secondary school of district Fatehgarh
Sahib, Punjab with a view to develop informational booklet.
Material and methods: A descriptive study research design was used for the present study.
A study sample of 100 adolescents of age 15-18 years was selected by non-probability
purposive sampling technique. The data was collected by self-structured questionnaires to
assess the knowledge of adolescent from government senior secondary girl's school and
senior secondary boy's school Amloh district Fatehgarh Sahib. The Data was analyzed in
terms of objective of the study using descriptive and inferential statistics in terms of
frequency, percentage distributes, mean, median, standard deviation, 't' value and chi-square.
Result: The findings of the present study revealed that maximum no. of adolescents had
average lifestyle (61%), followed by poor lifestyle (39%) and good lifestyle (0%). The Chi
Square value showed that there was a significance association (p≤0.05) between the levels of
knowledge with demographic variables (i.e. age, gender, education of father, occupation of
mother, area of residence). On the hand, there was no significance association (p≥0.05) of
level of knowledge with other selected demographic variables (education, type of family,
education of mother, occupation of father and family income).
Conclusion: Based on the findings of the study it was concluded that majority of adolescent
had average knowledge regarding prevention of lifestyle diseases.