Audio- Drama Nursing Intervention Utilizing Peer Education on Menstrual Hygiene and Sickness Management among Blind Adolescents

Abstract

Adolescence is a critical developmental stage. Blind adolescent girls are a group of disabled girls who needs a special care specifically during the menstruation.The study aimed to examine the effect of audio-drama nursing intervention utilizingpeer education on menstrual hygiene and sickness management among blind adolescents. Design: Quasi-experimental design (pre and posttest) was used to accomplish the present study. Setting: Al Noor institute for visually impaired students at Shebein El-kom City in Menoufia Governorate, Egypt. Subjects: A Convenient sample of 40 blind girls aged between (12-18years) was recruited in this study. Tools: four instruments were used for data collection; I: Structured interviewing questionnaire which consist of two parts; first part:Socio-demographic data; second part: Menstrual data. II: An interviewing questionnaire on knowledge about menstruation; Knowledge about menstrual hygiene questionnaire; andKnowledge about management of menstrual sickness questionnaire. III: Non -observational checklist on practice of menstrual hygiene and management of menstrual sickness. IV: An interviewing questionnaire on satisfaction level. Results: There were lack knowledge and practices regarding menstruation before implementing the audio drama nursing intervention using peer education sessions. Also, there were an improvement and highly statistically significant differences in the totalscores of knowledge and practices of blind adolescent girls regarding menstruation after provision of the audio drama nursing intervention using peer education (P<0.001). Conclusion:The audio drama nursing intervention using peer education were effective in the improvement of the blind adolescent girls' knowledge and practices regarding menstrual hygiene and menstrual sickness management. Recommendation: Continues health education programs should be applied to raise the awareness of blind adolescent girls regarding menstruation in different setting.

Effect of Structured Audio Educational Sessions on Knowledge and Hygienic Practices Regarding Menstruation for Visually Impaired Adolescent Girls

“…This outcome is consistent with research conducted by Abd Elmegaly, Attia and Soliman (2019) which demonstrated that mothers of the students are represented the basic source of information regarding all aspects of productivity at one quarter of the students' sample. In a similar vein, Ahmed et al, (2021) shown that the majority of visually impaired girls consulted their moms for information on menstruation, whereas a smaller proportion turned to teachers and the media.…”

“…The adolescent stage in a girl is recognized as a delicate and sensitive era, which signifies a shift from young girlhood to adulthood. (Amr, 2021).…”

“…Nurses play an effective role in providing visually impaired adolescent girls with sufficient information regarding hygienic practices that was needed during menstruation to maintain themselves healthy (Amr, 2021). That's through providing health care services to school-students, teachers & other staff and performs different screenings &facilitate referrals coordination whether to the home care or private healthcare places (McGregor& Unsworth, 2022).…”

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

“…This result is in agreement with a study done by Abd Elmegaly, Attia and Soliman (2019) demonstrated that mothers of the students are represented the basic source of information regarding all aspects of productivity at one quarter of the students' sample. In the same way, Ahmed et al, (2021) shown that the majority of visually impaired young adult girls in schools consulted their moms for information on menstruation, whereas a smaller proportion turned to staff members and the mass media.…”

“…Nurses play an effective role in providing visually impaired adolescent girls with sufficient information regarding hygienic practices that was needed during menstruation to maintain themselves healthy (Amr, 2021). An essential component of health education for girls with visual disabilities is nursing instruction on feminine hygiene and symptom management (Amr, 2021).…”