author(s)
Rebecca Priti and Dineshwori Chanu Paonam

abstract
A study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding pain management in dysmenorrhea among adolescent girls in a selected college of nursing, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The research design selected for the study was one group pre-test and post-test design. The setting was S.G.R.R IM & HS College of Nursing, Patel nagar, Dehradun. Random sampling technique [chit method] was used to collect data from 60 adolescent girls of B.Sc Nursing 1st year. A self developed knowledge questionnaire regarding pain management in dysmenorrhea was used to collect data. The result showed that most of the adolescent girls 57(95%) had moderate knowledge, few 2 (3%) had adequate knowledge and only 1 (2%) of them had inadequate knowledge whereas after the teaching program all the adolescent girls 60(100%) attained adequate knowledge. Thus the study concluded that the knowledge gained by the adolescent girls regarding pain management in dysmenorrhea was due to the teaching program given the researcher.