Abstract: Night eating syndrome is a type of eating disorder that is characterized by hyperphagia in the evening with 25% or more of daily caloric intake after dinner with not less than two nocturnal awakenings during the week to eat food. The prevalence is 1.5% in the general population of the United States. NES prevalence is like other binge eating disorders like bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa. It is more frequently seen in obese populations, although not all individuals with NES are, in fact, obese. Objectives: To assess the existing knowledge regarding night eating syndrome among young adults in selected colleges, To assess effectiveness of planned teaching on knowledge regarding night eating syndrome among young adults in selected colleges, To associate the post-test knowledge score with selected demographic variables. Materials and Methods: Quantitative research approach with Quasi experimental research design was used. 80 subjects were selected by using sample calculation formula with the help of population Prevalence. Youngs Adult population who belonged to 18 to 25 years in selected school. Non-Probability Convenient sampling technique was used to select the sample. The data were collected from selected school, using socio demographic and structured knowledge Questionnaire. Results: 80 subjects 15% of young adults were in the age group of 18-19 years, 62.50% in 20-21 years, 16.30% in 22-23 years and 6.30% of young adults were in the age group of 24-25 years.26.30% of young adults were males and 73.80% of them were females. Parents of 26.30% of young adults were government servant, 35% of them were private servant and 38.80% of them were doing other occupation. 60% of young adults were Hindus, 5% of them were Christian, 1.30% of them were Muslim and 33.80% of young adults were belonging to other religion. All(100%) of young adults were unmarried. 61.30% of young adults were from nuclear families, 36.30% were from joint and 2.50% of young adults were from extended families.42.50% of young adults had monthly family income of Rs 10000-15000, 37.50% had between Rs 15001-20000, 18.80% had between Rs 20001-30000 and only 1.30% of young adults had monthly family income of more than 30000 Rs.41.30% of young adults were vegetarian, 16.30% of them were non vegetarian and 42.50% of young adults were consuming mixed diet. In pre-test 42.5% of young adults had average level of knowledge score and 57.5% of them had good level of knowledge score. Minimum knowledge score in pretest was 7 and maximum knowledge score in pretest was 18. Mean knowledge score in pretest was 12.97 ± 2.63 and mean percentage of knowledge score in pretest was 43.25 ± 8.79. In the post-test,32.5% of young adults had good level of knowledge score, 42.5% had very good and 25% of young adults had excellent level of knowledge score. 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% Poor, Average, Good, Very Good, Excellent 0% 42.50% 57.50% 0% 0% % of young adults Level of Pretest knowledge score Minimum knowledge score in posttest was 14 and maximum knowledge score in post-test was 28. Mean knowledge score in posttest was 21.20 ± 3.77 and mean percentage of knowledge score in post-test was 70.66 ± 12.58. The association of knowledge score with age in years of young adults from selected colleges. The tabulated ‘F’ values were 2.72 (df=3,76) which is less than the calculated ‘F’ i.e. 6.39 at 5% level of significance. Also, the calculated ‘p’=0.001 which was less than the acceptable level of significance i.e. ‘p’=0.05. Hence it is interpreted that age in years of young adults is statistically associated with their posttest knowledge score.
Keywords: Assess, knowledge, night Eating Syndrome, young adults, Selected School.
Title: A Study To Assess The Effectiveness of Planned Teaching Programme on Knowledge Regarding Night Eating Syndrome Among Young Adults in Selected Colleges
Author: Ms. Samiksha Kakade, Mr. Akshay Chavan
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
Vol. 14, Issue 1, April 2026 - September 2026
Page No: 219-223
Research Publish Journals
Website: www.researchpublish.com
Published Date: 16-June-2026
