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An Experimental study to assess the effectiveness of Flax Seed Supplement for reducing PCOD symptoms among female of reproductive age group in Namkum, Ranchi, Jharkhand
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This study was conducted with the objective to assess the effectiveness of flax seed in symptoms of PCOD among females of reproductive age group, to assess the pre and post assessment symptoms of PCOD among females of reproductive age group, to compare the pre and post assessment score of symptoms of PCOD among females in reproductive age group and to find out the association between the pre test symptoms of PCOD among female with their selected socio demographic variables.The study design was an pre-experimental, one group pre-test post-test research design. 60 samples of Female with PCOD who fulfil the inclusive criteria were selected based on non probability purposive sampling technique, after getting informed consent from the study participant, the flax seed was administered at rural area of Ranchi (Jharkhand) The study findings revealed that in pre test assessment score 63% female of reproductive score have severe symptoms and 31% have moderate symptoms. In post test assessment score 70% females shows mild symptoms and 30% have moderate symptoms. The Pre-test and Post-test PCOD symptom score was 616 and 1235 respectively out of 1800.Pre-test mean score was 20.58(68.61%) and SD is 4.93 and, in the post-test, mean score was 10.26(34.22%) and SD was 4.43. The t value 22.10, which is significant at > 0.05, proves the effectiveness of flax seed supplement on PCOD symptoms
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Effectiveness, Flax seed, Supplementary, PCOD, Symptoms, Reproductive age group.
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