The impact of health education intervention on perceptions of menstrual cup among college going female students in peri-urban Bangalore.

Autor:	James C; 29157 St John's Medical College , Bangalore, Karnataka, India., Binu DM; 29157 St John's Medical College , Bangalore, Karnataka, India., Regy MM; 29157 St John's Medical College , Bangalore, Karnataka, India., Fathima FN; 29157 St John's Medical College , Bangalore, Karnataka, India., Johnson AR; 29157 St John's Medical College , Bangalore, Karnataka, India., Varghese J; 29157 St John's Medical College , Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	International journal of adolescent medicine and health [Int J Adolesc Med Health] 2024 Apr 01; Vol. 36 (3), pp. 279-284. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 01 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI:	10.1515/ijamh-2023-0185
Abstrakt:	Objectives: To assess the impact of health educational intervention on perceptions of menstrual cup usage among female students enrolled in a degree college in Bangalore district. Methods: An interventional study was conducted among female students studying in a degree college in peri-urban Bangalore. Universal sampling was followed and a prior face validated questionnaire was administered to the students after to assess their perceptions, followed by a health education intervention. The subjects were followed up after a period of one month, to assess the impact of health education in changing their perception towards menstrual cups. Results: Among 83 study participants with mean age 19.5±0.95 years, post intervention we found a 42 % increase in the total awareness score and a 35 % increase in total attitude score towards menstrual cup use. There was an increase by 36.1 % (p<0.001) among participants who considered menstrual cup better than sanitary napkins. A reduction by 27.7 % (p=0.024) of reported fear of pain and discomfort while using menstrual cup was noted. Conclusions: There was a significant improvement in the overall awareness about how to use a menstrual cup, advantages, and attitude towards the usage of menstrual cups following the health educational intervention. Health education was found to have a positive impact on perceptions of menstrual cup. (© 2024 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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