Awareness and practices of menstruation and pubertal changes amongst unmarried female adolescents in a rural area of East Delhi

Nair, Parvathy; Grover, Vijay L; At, Kannan

doi:10.4103/0970-0218.35668

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“…In the present study it was 60.2%. The major source for information was mothers, friends, or the information media, such results were also reported by other works [12,[14][15][16][17]. Mothers and friends/peers generally lack the knowledge regarding menstruation since they have also not been told about this process in life [13,16].…”

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confidence: 63%

“…It is an important public health problem among the female population. Prevalence of dysmenorrhea among the respondents in the present study was 76.9% compared to 61% reported from Chennai and 63.5% from Delhi [11,12].…”

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confidence: 76%

“…Small differences have been reported in various studies from across India varying from 13.06 ± 1.43 years in West Bengal [9] to 13.4 years in Goa [10], 13.5 years in Chennai [11], 13.6 years in East Delhi [12] and 13.7 years in Rohtak [13].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Parents and print/ electronic media can act as better source of knowledge transfer among adolescent girls, since most of girls have access to both. [12,13]. But it is very important that the information is correct.…”

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Menstrual Pattern among Unmarried Women from Northern India

Gupta¹

2013

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Background: Menstruation disorders are also responsible for emotional, physical, behavioural and dietary practice changes. These changes affect their normal functioning and social life. The present study was carried out to find the prevalence of menstrual problems among unmarried girls of Chandigarh, India and to compare their knowledge and beliefs regarding menstruation in different sub-groups. Methodology:A community based cross-sectional study was conducted among 744 unmarried females in Rural, Urban and Slum strata of UT Chandigarh, India. Data were collected using a self-administered structured questionnaire on menstruation. Chi-square value was used for testing statistical significance. Results:The mean age of the respondents was 16.84±3.05 years.Maximum respondents (40.9%) were educated up to 10th standard/ High school. 448 (60.2%) were aware of menstruation before starting of menarche. Awareness was found to be significantly associated (p=0.02) with age. Socio-economic status and prior knowledge of respondents was also found to be significantly associated (p< 0.001). 61% (454) of the respondents had a regular flow during menses. Normal flow was reported by 70.2 %( 522) of the respondents. Dysmenorrhea was found to be the most common problem suffered by 429 (57.7%) respondents. Conclusion:Menstrual hygiene is an issue that needs to be addressed at all levels. A variety of factors are known to affect menstrual behaviors, the most influential ones being economic status. It is essential to design a mechanism to address and for the access of healthy menstrual practices.

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confidence: 63%

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confidence: 76%

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Menstrual Pattern among Unmarried Women from Northern India

Gupta¹

2013

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“…9 Similar finding studies stated by Dasgupta et al (32.5%) and Subhas et al (36.95%). 10,11 Mother followed by friends are the major sources of knowledge about menstruation, similar findings were reported in many studies like, singh et al [12][13][14][15][16][17][18] But according to Juyal R et al in Uttarakhand, friends were the first source of information in 31.8% of girls. 19 Present study also states that only 8.3% school teachers were the source of menstrual knowledge in urban adolescent girls.…”

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Assessment of knowledge and practices of menstrual hygiene among urban adolescent girls in North India

Gandotra¹,

Pal²,

Maheshwari³

2018

Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol

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Background: Menstruation and menstrual practices are still associated with socio-cultural restriction and taboos which results lack of knowledge and awareness in adolescent girls and remain ignore of scientific facts and hygienic practices during menstruation leads to severe reproductive health problems. The aim of the study is to assess the knowledge and menstrual hygiene practices among urban adolescent girls.Methods: A cross sectional observational study conducted. Total 120 adolescent girls enrolled in this study who were attended in gynaecological OPD. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Data was collected regarding menstrual cycle, knowledge about menstruation, practices during menstruation and menstrual hygiene. Data entry and analysis was carried out in Microsoft excel and analysis done by using frequency.Results: All participants were doing schooling, most of them they have done their high school study (47.5%) and 52.5% of adolescent girls were attended menarche between 10-13 yrs of age. Majority of participants were knowing about the menstruation before menarche (62.5%). Friends followed by mothers were the major sources of knowledge i.e.35% and 27.5% respectively. 22.5% of adolescent girls still using cloth as menstrual absorbent.Conclusions: All adolescent girls should be educated about the menstruation, physiological implications, its significance and proper hygienic practices during menstruation. Incorrect restrictions, myths and beliefs associated with menstruation can be removed by the help of parents, teachers, trained school nurses/ health personnel.

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