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Effectiveness of Educational Guidelines on Women's Knowledge and Self Care Practices regarding Menorrhagia

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Obstetric and gynecological nursing

Abstract

 Background: Menorrhagia is a condition characterized by heavy menstrual bleeding during
menstrual cycle and occurs when the women must change the pad within less than two hours or
when the menstrual bleeding lasts up to 7days or more. Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of
educational guidelines on women's knowledge and self-care practices regarding menorrhagia.
Design: A quasi-experimental study design was followed. Setting: The study was conducted at
obstetrics and gynecology out-patient clinic affiliated to Benha University Hospital. Sampling: A
convenient sample included. Tools of data collection: Two tools were used, tool (I): A Structured
interviewing questionnaire to assess demographic data, menstrual, contraceptive and family history,
clinical data about menorrhagia and women's knowledge regarding menorrhagia. tool (II) women's
self-care practices regarding menorrhagia to assess self-care practice of women with heavy
menstrual period. Results: The study illustrated that less than one quarter of the studied women had
good knowledge pre-educational guidelines while, nearly three quarter of them had good
knowledge post-educational guidelines. More than one third of the studied women had satisfactory
self-care practice regarding menorrhagia pre-educational guidelines while, more than three quarters
of them had satisfactory self-care practices post-educational guidelines. Conclusion: The
educational guideline had significant improvement on women's knowledge and self-care practices
regarding menorrhagia post-intervention and follow-up phase. There was a positive statistical
significant correlation between total knowledge and total self-care practices pre, post and follow-up
phase. Recommendations: Design screening program for early detection of women with
menorrhagia. 

DOI

10.21608/jnsbu.2023.307216

Keywords

Educational guidelines, menorrhagia, Self-care practices, women's knowledge

Authors

First Name

Amina

Last Name

Saad Mohamed

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Nursing Specialist at Tukh Central Hospital, Egypt

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First Name

Samia

Last Name

Abdelhakeem Hasneen

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Affiliation

Professor of Obstetrics and gynecology Health Nursing Faculty of Nursing -Benha University

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First Name

Eman

Last Name

Mohammed Abdelhakam

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Affiliation

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Health Nursing Faculty of Nursing –Benha University

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First Name

Zeinab

Last Name

Rabea Abdelmordy

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Affiliation

Lecturer of obstetrics and Woman's Health Nursing –Benha University

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Volume

4

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

42195

Issue Date

2023-07-01

Receive Date

2023-06-10

Publish Date

2023-07-01

Page Start

185

Page End

198

Print ISSN

2682-3934

Online ISSN

2735-5802

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JNSBU_Volume 4_Issue 2_Pages 185-198.pdf

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Journal of Nursing Science Benha University

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https://jnsbu.journals.ekb.eg/

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Effectiveness of Educational Guidelines on Women's Knowledge and Self Care Practices regarding Menorrhagia

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28 Dec 2024