Menstrual hygiene practices among adolescent girls in a resettlement colony of Delhi: a cross-sectional study

Sharma, Shantanu; Mehra, Devika; Kohli, Charu; Singh, M. M.

doi:10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20171954

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“…Previous studies found that the mean of family members in rural were 7.44 and in urban were 7.38.13. 10 The present study found that the mean age of menarche in rural participants were 12.67±0.795 years, and in urban participants were 11.82±0.892 years. Similarly, another study found that mean age of menarche was 11.9±0.9 years.…”

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“…Previous studies found the similar results. 10,13 More than fifty percent of rural and urban girls wash their private parts with water and soap both. The Similarly previous study found that the girls washed their private parts with water and soap both.…”

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“…Semistructured and pre-validated questionnaire of Menstrual Hygiene Management were used. 10 The instruments were constructed of two parts. Part I: Socio-demographic questionnaire: this part consisting of 13 items including age, religion, class of study, weight, height, mothers' educational level, fathers' educational level, family members, type of family, monthly family income, type of house, place of defecation, and source of drinking water.…”

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Menstrual hygiene practice between rural and urban high school adolescent girls in Bangladesh

Sultana

Shom²,

Khatun³

2020

Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol

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Background: Menstruation is a natural, normal biological process experienced by all adolescent girls and women. Urinary tract infection, reproductive tract infection and complication during pregnancy are the impact of poor menstrual hygiene practices. The aim of this study is to compare the menstrual hygiene practice between rural and urban high school adolescent girls in Bangladesh.Methods: A descriptive comparative study design was used. Cluster sampling technique was used to select 120 study participants. The data were collected through self-reported questionnaire by structured questionnaires. In descriptive statistics; frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and in inferential statistics; chi-square-test, t-test was used to compare the menstrual hygiene practice between rural and urban. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 23.Results: There was significant difference between rural and urban girls regarding mean age at menarche (5.50, p = 0.000). There was a statistically significant difference between rural and urban girls using of sanitary pad (30.54, p = 0.000) and reusable cloth (38.92, p = 0.000).Conclusions: This study found that menstrual hygiene practice (MHP) was more among the urban high school adolescent girls than in the rural high school adolescent girls. The result provides baseline information regarding menstrual hygiene practice (MHP) among rural participants that’s why need more emphasize on health promotion and counseling program regarding menstrual hygiene practice (MHP) among rural and primary level health sectors in Bangladesh.

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Menstrual hygiene practice between rural and urban high school adolescent girls in Bangladesh

Sultana

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2020

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“…In the present study heavy menstrual bleeding (25%) rate is higher as we performed this study in rural area and due to heavy menstrual bleeding moderate anemia is seen in 83% of adolescent females. 8,9 A similar study of Bandkhadke et al had 30.8% of adolescents had menorrhagia and anemia was the leading cause of morbidity. 10 Menstrual morbidities can be controlled by improving nutrition level of adolescent females, for this government of India had started a lot of programs like anganwadi's, mid-day meal so that adolescent girls will get better nutrition.…”

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Study of menstrual disorder in adolescent girls at tertiary care centre in rural area

Yadav

Masand

2018

Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol

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Background: Total adolescent world population is 16%. Adolescents (10-19 years) constitute 21.3% i.e. nearly 1/5th of total population of India. 19% of the total population-faces a series of serious challenges not only affecting their growth and development but also their livelihood as adults. The objective of the current study was to observe the menstrual disorders among adolescent females and to observe the demographic profile and assess hygiene practices during menstruation and grade of anemia due to menstrual morbidity. Methods: A random selection of adolescent’s females were done from gynaecology outpatient department at a tertiary care hospital in rural area. Study done on 180 adolescent girls from January 01, 2016 to June 31st, 2017, it is a descriptive type of observational study. Counseling done of adolescent females on menstrual hygiene and nutrition. Results: Most common menstrual morbidity seen in this study is dysmenorrhea (41.66%) followed by heavy menstrual bleeding i.e 25% and irregular menstrual bleeding (13.33%) subsequently. All these problems are associated with their practices used during menstruation. Poor menstrual hygiene was seen associated with 30 to 35% of abdominal cramps and mood swings, heavy menstrual bleeding and nutritional deficiency leads to moderate anemia (7 to10 gm%) in 83%.Conclusions: Due to unhygienic practices and lack of education and awareness about hygiene many of the girls were suffering from reproductive tract infections and poor nutrition leads to anemia. So, we all need to educate them about hygiene and spread awareness about the various services provided by the government like supplying of sanitary napkins to overcome infections.

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“…17 Another cross sectional study on menstrual hygiene practices among adolescent girls in a resettlement colony of Delhi including 85 adolescent girls (10-19 years old) showed that, 85.9% girls used sanitary pads during menstruation and 91.1% disposed of the absorbent by throwing along with routine waste. 18 Likewise a cross sectional study on menstrual practices among adolescent girls in rural area of Belgaum, Karnataka including 1071 adolescent girls in the age group of 10-19 years showed that, most of these adolescent girls (73.5%) used old clothes during menstruation and a large proportion of them were reusing the same during subsequent periods after washing and not properly drying. Only about 72 (26.5%) were using sanitary napkins.…”

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Menstrual hygiene practices and related infections among adolescent girls of an urban poor locality

Siddhareddy

Ramya

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Background: Hygienic practices during menstruation are of considerable importance, as it has a health impact in terms of increased vulnerability to infections. Menstrual hygiene management is a special problem for adolescent girls, particularly when attending school due to limited or lack of access to safe sanitary pads and good sanitary facilities. Government of India under RMNCH+A programme, introduced priority intervention for menstrual hygiene to prevent hygiene related infections. Objectives: (1) To assess the knowledge regarding menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls. (2) To assess the menstrual hygiene practices & related infections among the adolescent girls. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 330 adolescent girls who had attained menarche and residents of an urban poor locality Yarab Nagar, which comes under the field practice area of KIMS, Bangalore. Data regarding socio demographic details and menstrual hygiene practices was obtained in a pre-designed, semi structured proforma. All the subjects were examined for any related infections from a trained female doctor. The data was analysed in Microsoft Excel using mean & percentages. Results: The mean age of the study subjects was 13.63 ± 5.76 years. Majority i.e., 306 (92.7%) of them used sanitary pads; whereas, 24 (7.3%) used old clothes as an absorbent during menstruation. Similarly, 98% cleaned the external genitalia with water during menstruation. The common infections related to menstruation were contact dermatitis (7.2%), candidiasis (5.4%) & UTI (3.5%). Conclusion: The knowledge and practice regarding menstrual hygiene was inadequate among the adolescent girls; and this inadequate hygienic practices has led to infections.

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Menstrual hygiene practices among adolescent girls in a resettlement colony of Delhi: a cross-sectional study

Cited by 31 publications

References 11 publications

Menstrual hygiene practice between rural and urban high school adolescent girls in Bangladesh

Menstrual hygiene practice between rural and urban high school adolescent girls in Bangladesh

Study of menstrual disorder in adolescent girls at tertiary care centre in rural area

Menstrual hygiene practices and related infections among adolescent girls of an urban poor locality

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