Title: Assessment of Knowledge about Infections due to Unhygienic Practice during Menstruation among the School going girls - A Statistical Approach
Authors: Mrs. Trupti Saket Bhosale, Satish V. Kakade, Mr. Sagar B. Bhosale
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i3.209
Abstract
Need of the study: Menstruation is a natural part of women’s reproductive cycle. Most of the time schools going girls are unaware – in terms of knowledge, practices and attitudes for handling the menstrual cycle.
Hence the data obtained are beneficial for planning a program for improving the knowledge about infection rate due to unhygienic practice, awareness and hygienic practices during menstruation for promoting quality of life in school going girls.
Objectives: The objectives of this study were
- To assess the knowledge and infection rate of school going girls regarding menstrual hygiene.
- To find association between knowledge and infection rate with selected socio demographic variables.
Material & Methods: Used for the study is the evaluative approach with only study group. Study was conducted on 60 school going girls using convenient sampling technique. The data were collected by structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: Majority of adolescent girls 32(53.3%) had average level of knowledge about infection rate due to unhygienic practice during menstruation whereas 27(45%) of school going girls had good level of knowledge regarding infection rate. Only 1 subject 1(1.7%) had poor knowledge. Also, majority of school going girls 52(86.7%) had moderate infection rate due to unhygienic practice during menstruation whereas 8(13.3%) of girls had low infection rate.
Conclusion: It was found that; planned teaching program’s will be effective in increasing the knowledge of adolescent girls regarding infections rate due to unhygienic practice during menstruation. Girls should be made aware about the process of menstruation and importance of maintaining its hygiene before stepping menarche. A physically and mentally healthy adolescent girl can become a healthy adult female in her future life.
Keywords: Menstruation, Infection rate, adolescent girls, unhygienic practice.
