Assessment of Knowledge Regarding Prevention of Peptic Ulcer among Adolescents in Selected College at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India Rajan Jinu K Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Online published on 8 August, 2019. Abstract Introduction Gastrointestinal system is the most essential system of the body which has got a relation with diet in turn helps in maintaining normal growth and development and normal functioning of the body. Materials and Method In order to achieve the objectives of the study, a descriptive study approach was adopted for the study. A closed ended questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge of adolescents on peptic ulcer and its prevention. Probability multi-stage sampling technique was appropriate to select 200 adolescents from a selected pre-university colleges of Shimla as the sample. Results The assessment of knowledge among adolescents regarding peptic ulcer and its prevention reveals that the highest percentage (47.5%) of the students had moderate level of knowledge regarding prevention of peptic ulcer, 18..5% of adolescents had good knowledge, 0.5% had excellent knowledge and 33.5% had poor knowledge regarding peptic ulcer. The overall knowledge on peptic ulcer and its preventive measures is 49.58% with mean and standard deviation 15.87+ 4.082. The area-wise analysis revealed that the adolescents scored highest in the area prevention of peptic ulcer (50.89%) with mean and standard deviation 4.58+1.56.. Findings of the study revealed that knowledge among adolescents regarding prevention of peptic ulcer is moderate. Conclusion Prevention is always considered as better than cure, the identification and understanding of the risk factors is the important step of preventing peptic ulcer. Top Keywords Knowledge, Adolescents, Information booklet. Top |