Menstrual hygiene among early adolescent girls and its’ related factors

Abstract

<p>This study aimed to determine the prevalence of menstrual hygiene and the association between mother’s role function and menstrual hygiene among early adolescent girls. This cross-sectional study used a simple random sampling technique. The target population including early adolescent girls aged 12-15 years old, had menarche. Hence, 367 respondents in this study passed the analysis's inclusion criteria. Multivariable logistic regression was used to determine the association. There were 46.32 % of respondents noticed the prevalence of good menstrual hygiene. There were 170 out of 367 respondents who reported the presence of good menstrual hygiene. The ultimate model of a multiple logistic regression designated that mother and information exposure support (adj. OR=6.89, 95% CI: 3.84–12.38, p<0.001; adj. OR=2.17, 95% CI: 1.36–3.45, p=0.001) were meaningfully linked by the bad menstrual hygiene. Other significant covariate factors were organization (adj. OR=1.79, 95% CI: 1.10–2.91, p=0.018). The study found a high prevalence of good menstrual hygiene. Mother support, information exposure, and organization were linked with menstrual hygiene among early adolescent girls. </p>