Original Research Article
Year: 2017 | Month: August | Volume: 4 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 23-26
A Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding Anorexia Nervosa among Adolescence Girls Studying in Selected Physiotherapy Colleges at Belagavi, Karnataka
Mr. Ashok Kamat1, Ms. Amitha Aji2, Ms. Anit Thomas2, Ms. Anjali. S. Nair2, Ms. Anjali Sharma Timalsina2
1Department of Psychiatric Nursing, 2Undergraduate Nursing Students,
KLE University’s Institute of Nursing Institute of Nursing Sciences, Belagavi, (Karnataka), India.
Corresponding Author: Mr. Ashok Kamat
ABSTRACT
Background: The food what we eat is the main source of energy that help for the physical, mental and social development of an individual. There are people who knowingly abstain food for known and unknown reasons.
Aims and objectives: A study was conducted to assess the level of knowledge regarding Anorexia Nervosa, to find out association between pre-test scores with selected demographical variables.
Material and Method:Sixty adolescent girls Students who were selected by convenient sampling technique from Bachelor of Physiotherapy. They were assessed for the level of knowledge regarding Anorexia Nervosa by self structured questionnaires.
Results: In a majority of subjects 34(56.67%) had average knowledge, subjects 23(38.33%) had poor knowledge and 3(5%) had good knowledge among students. There was significant association between knowledge score with religion, family income and diet pattern.
Conclusion: Our findings reveals that were adolescents with average knowledge and there were statistical significant association between knowledge scores and selected demographic variables.
Key words: adolescent girls, Knowledge, Physiotherapy students, anorexia nervosa.
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