Vol. 3, Issue 8, Part K (2017)

Abstract
Polycystic ovary syndrome is a complex heterogeneous disorder of the female endocrine system with uncertain etiology. It affects about 5-10% of the female population who are in the age group of 12–45 years and produces symptoms in approximately 5% to 10% of women of reproductive age and is thought to be one of the leading causes of infertility. The objective is to assess and compare the knowledge and attitude of 25 nursing students in experimental group regarding the polycystic ovarian syndrome before and after the administration of structured teaching programme, other one is to assess and compare the knowledge and attitude of 25 nursing students in control group regarding polycystic ovarian syndrome in Shimla Nursing College, Shimla. True experimental research approach pre and post-test design and samples are selected by randomized sampling technique. The result of study shows that the pre-test mean knowledge score of control group is 7.84 and post-test is 8.28 and pre-test mean knowledge score of experimental group is 7.44 and post-test is 12.6, whereas the mean pre-test attitude score of control group is 29.84 and post-test is 35 and pre-test mean score of attitude in experimental group is 30.48 and post-test is 32.72. ‘t’ test value of control group is 1.17 and of experimental group is 5.002 which is considered to be significant of knowledge. Whereas’ test value of control group is 0.62 and of experimental group is 2.98 which is considered to be significant of attitude. So improvement happens in knowledge and attitude regarding polycystic ovarian syndrome after administering the structured teaching programme.