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Assessment of Knowledge and Hygienic Practices Regarding Menstruation for Visually Impaired Adolescent Girls

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Last updated: 24 Dec 2024

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Background: Menstruation is part of the female reproductive cycle starts when girls become sexually mature at the time of puberty. A visually challenged female faces
daily extra challenges for bearing their everyday skills including menstruation hygiene
management. Hygienic practices during menstruation are very important as poor
menstruation affects the health by increasing vulnerability to infections. Aim: The study was aimed to assess knowledge and hygienic practices regarding menstruation for visually impaired adolescent girls. Subjects and method: Research design: A descriptive research design was used. Setting: The study was carried out in El- Nor and El- Aml schools in Port-Said city & Damietta city., which included two schools one school at each city. Sample: Purposive sampling included 50 visually impaired menstruated adolescent girls (27) visually impaired girl at Port-Said City and (23) visually impaired girl at Damietta city. Tools of data collection: first, Structured Interviewing Questionnaire, second, Health practices during menstruation, and third, Girls behaviors and restrictions during menstruation. Results: More than three quarters of the studied visually impaired adolescent girls had poor level of total knowledge regarding menstruation and the majority of them had poor level of health practices during menstruation. Conclusion: There were lack of visually impaired adolescent girls' knowledge and practices regarding menstruation. Recommendations: Audio educational sessions should be applied to raise awareness and improve health practices of visually impaired adolescent girls regarding menstruation.

DOI

10.21608/pssjn.2023.218325.1271

Keywords

Adolescent girls, Hygienic practices, Knowledge, Menstruation, Visually Impaired

Authors

First Name

Manar

Last Name

Heiba

MiddleName

Fathy

Affiliation

maternity, gynecology and obstetric nursing

Email

manarheeba@yahoo.com

City

Port-Said

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First Name

Hend

Last Name

Mohammed

MiddleName

Salah-Eldin

Affiliation

maternity and obstetrics nursing

Email

hendsalah@gmail.com

City

zagazig

Orcid

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First Name

Fathia

Last Name

AbdElmenim

MiddleName

Mahmoud

Affiliation

Maternity, Gynecology and obstetrics nursing, faculty of nursing, port-said university

Email

tohamahmoud94@yahoo.com

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-

Orcid

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First Name

gehan

Last Name

elbahlowan

MiddleName

ahmed

Affiliation

faculty of nursing port- said university

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gehanahmed1975@gmail.com

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port-said

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Volume

10

Article Issue

4

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43494

Issue Date

2023-12-01

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2023-06-17

Publish Date

2023-12-30

Page Start

362

Page End

389

Print ISSN

2356-8658

Online ISSN

2682-3241

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Port Said Scientific Journal of Nursing

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https://pssjn.journals.ekb.eg/

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Assessment of Knowledge and Hygienic Practices Regarding Menstruation for Visually Impaired Adolescent Girls

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24 Dec 2024