Adolescent is a stage of transition from childhood to adulthood. That includes several physiological changes as body growth, hormonal changes and sudden development of primary and secondary sex characteristics. Adolescent are more prone to health risk due to hormonal Changes, lifestyle changes and lack of knowledge, so it is important to minimize the complications in later adolescent or health is maintained by increasing awareness, adapting health life styles early problem recognition of health problems. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOs) is a chronic and most common endocrine disorder observed in women of reproductive age and it also affects the adolescents. Up to 70% of affected women remain undiagnosed or have long delays before the condition is recognized.

Objectives

1.   To assess the knowledge regarding PCOS among adolescent girls.’

2.   To implement a self -instructional teaching module and assess post knowledge regarding PCOS among adolescent girls.

3.   To compare pre-test knowledge with post-test knowledge.

4.   To associate the pre test knowledge regarding PCOS with selected demographic variables.

Hypothesis

H₁: The mean post-test knowledge score of the adolescent girls exposed to self-instructional teaching module will be higher than the pre -test knowledge score.

H₂: There will be a significant association between pre test levels of knowledge regarding PCOS with the selected demographic variables of adolescent girls.

Methodology: An experimental research design was adapted among the 30 adolescent Girls in selected PU College of Gokak 30 samples were selected by non-Probability Convenient Purposive Sampling Technique. The study was conducted on adolescent girls in selected PU college of Gokak

Result: The mean percentage of knowledge score of the adolescent girls in the pre-test was 40% and SD (2.33), whereas the mean percentage of knowledge score in the post-test was 82.08% and SD (3.2). The paired t’ test showed the significant difference in the knowledge of adolescent girls regarding PCOS, after the implementation of self -instructional teaching module.