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A Study To Assess The Knowledge Regarding Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Among Students Of Selected Nursing Colleges In Udupi District, Karnataka

Author(s) Ms. Shilpa, Ms. Teena Timple D'souza
Country India
Abstract Obsessive – Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a common neuropsychiatric disorder that occurs across the whole life span and is classified under anxiety disorder. It is a combination of illogical thoughts and compulsory behaviors caused by anxiety. A survey approach with descriptive design was used to assess the knowledge regarding obsessive compulsive disorder among students of selected nursing colleges. The objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge regarding obsessive compulsive disorder among nursing students and to find the association between knowledge scores regarding obsessive compulsive disorder and selected demographic variable. Total 100 nursing students were selected by convenient sampling technique. The data was collected by using structured knowledge questionnaire on Obsessive – Compulsive Disorder and was analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings of present study reveals that 68% of Nursing students has good knowledge, 28% had average knowledge and the 4% had poor knowledge. Area-wise analysis of knowledge score of nursing students on Obsessive – Compulsive Disorder shows that overall knowledge mean was 16.12, and mean percentage was 44% with standard deviation of 3.351 The Chi square value of like variables such as age, gender, religion, marital status, family income, number of children and source of information at 0.05 level of significance does not show any significant association.
Keywords Obsessive – Compulsive Disorder, Anxiety disorder
Field Medical / Pharmacy
Published In Volume 7, Issue 3, May-June 2025
Published On 2025-05-16
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i03.44959
Short DOI https://doi.org/g9kfx2
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