Effectiveness of a Digital Storytelling Intervention on  Knowledge, Risk Assessment and Self-Management Regarding  Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome Among Adolescent Girls

Nithya N; Neha Tiwari; Muskan; Priya; Prachi; Tushar

Nithya N Principal, NIMT Institute of Medical and Paramedical Sciences, Atal Bihari Vajpayee University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Neha Tiwari Vice-Principal, NIMT Institute of Medical and Paramedical Sciences, Atal Bihari Vajpayee University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Muskan B.Sc. Nursing Students, NIMT Institute of Medical and Paramedical Sciences, Atal Bihari Vajpayee University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Priya B.Sc. Nursing Students, NIMT Institute of Medical and Paramedical Sciences, Atal Bihari Vajpayee University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Prachi B.Sc. Nursing Students, NIMT Institute of Medical and Paramedical Sciences, Atal Bihari Vajpayee University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Tushar B.Sc. Nursing Students, NIMT Institute of Medical and Paramedical Sciences, Atal Bihari Vajpayee University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Keywords: Digital Storytelling; Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome; Polycystic Ovary Syndrome; Adolescent Girls; Knowledge; Risk Assessment; Self-Management; Health Education.

Abstract

Background: Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS), the terminology adopted in the present study for the endocrine-metabolic disorder internationally indexed as polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), is associated with hormonal, ovarian and metabolic concerns. Adolescence is an important period for health education because knowledge, risk awareness and self-management practices are developing. Digital storytelling combines narration, visual material, text and multimedia elements and may provide an engaging method of health education for adolescent girls.

Objectives: The study aimed to assess the pre-test level of knowledge, risk assessment and self-management regarding PMOS; evaluate the effectiveness of a digital storytelling intervention on these outcomes; determine the relationship among the study variables; and examine their association with selected demographic variables.

Methods: A quantitative evaluative approach with a pre-experimental one-group pretest and post-test design was used. Eighty adolescent girls studying in classes IX–XII at selected schools of Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, were selected through nonprobability convenience sampling. Data were collected using a demographic proforma, structured knowledge questionnaire, risk assessment checklist and self-management questionnaire. A digital storytelling intervention was administered after the pre-test and the post-test was conducted after seven days. Data were analysed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, paired t-test, Pearson correlation and Chisquare test.

Results: Baseline findings showed inadequate knowledge in 44 (55.0%) participants, moderate risk in 45 (56.3%) and high risk in 35 (43.8%), while 29 (36.3%) had poor selfmanagement and 51 (63.7%) had moderate self-management. After the intervention, adequate knowledge was observed in 35 (43.8%), low risk in 22 (27.5%), and good selfmanagement in 41 (51.2%) participants. Knowledge increased from 13.44 ± 3.38 to 20.71 ± 3.79 (mean difference 7.28; t = 37.812; p < 0.001), risk score decreased from 39.05 ± 6.20 to 26.84 ± 8.12 (mean difference 12.21; t = 29.442; p < 0.001), and selfmanagement increased from 16.70 ± 4.57 to 28.03 ± 5.60 (mean difference 11.33; t = 35.004; p < 0.001).

Conclusion: The findings indicate that the digital storytelling intervention was associated with significant improvement in knowledge and self-management and a significant reduction in assessed risk among the adolescent girls. The findings support the potential use of engaging digital health education approaches within school health programmes, while the one-group design and immediate post-test limit causal and long-term conclusions.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2454.325X.202620

How to cite this article:
Nithya N, Tiwari N, Muskan, Priya, Prachi,
Tushar. Effectiveness of a Digital Storytelling
Intervention on Knowledge, Risk Assessment
and Self-Management Regarding Polyendocrine
Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome Among Adolescent
Girls. Int J Preven Curat Comm Med. 2026;12(4):
20-27.

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