Menstrual hygiene practices of adolescent secondary school girls in rural Anambra communities
| Autor: | Chinyere Ukamaka Onubogu, Uche Marian Umeh, Chioma Ngozichukwu Pauline Mbachu, Onyinye Chinenye Nwazor, Ogochukwu Chioma Ofiaeli, Nkiru Eucharia Nwagbara, Ugochinyere Jane Chilaka, Nkechi Appolonia Ijezie, Chioma Chetachukwu Ajator |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Women's Health, Vol 20 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1745-5065 17455057 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/17455057241228204 |
| Popis: | Background: Adolescent girls face numerous challenges which hinder their ability to manage menstruation in a healthy and dignified manner. Objectives: To examine the menstrual hygiene practices of adolescent girls schooling in rural Anambra communities. Study design: Cross-sectional descriptive study. Method: Participants were selected using multistage stratified random sampling technique and interviewed using self-administered semi-structured questionnaire. Data were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 22.0. Results: Mean age of all, pre-menarche and post-menarche girls were 14.7 ± 1.84, 12.8 ± 1.09 and 15.1 ± 1.73 years, respectively. About 46% of the pre-menarche girls had not received any information on menstruation. Common sources of initial menstruation information were mother (87.3%), school (52.2%) and peers (20.0%). Among the 1091 (85.0% (1091/1283)) post-menarche girls, last menstrual period, last menstrual period duration and cycle length could not be recalled by 53.9%, 34.4% and 39.3%, respectively. Majority (98.3%) who could recall last menstrual period had a cycle length of ⩽30 days and the mean duration of menses was 4.4 ± 0.84 days. Disposable sanitary pad was mostly (60%) cited as recommended product, but cloth/rags (40.6%) or tissue paper (32. 3%) were predominantly used. Majority (88.6%) took their bath ⩾twice/day, 50.9% changed sanitary product ⩽twice/day while 72.5% exhibited poor hand washing. Sanitary products were mostly discarded by burning (45.4%). Fifty-one percent could not change in school predominantly due to lack of functional toilets/changing rooms (84.2%) while 72.5% of those who changed did so in bushes or unused spaces. Challenges faced during menstruation include restriction from holy places (38.9%), waist pain (74.9%), blood stains (36.1%) and lack of money to buy pad (27.0%). Factors significantly associated with using commercial pads were age (p = 0.047), class (p = 0.006), mother’s educational status (p |
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