Publication: Knowledge, Attitude and Socio-cultural Beliefs of Adolescent Girls towards Menstruation Authors
| creativeworkseries.issn | ISSN 1990-7974 eISSN 1990-7982 | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kapoor, Anju | |
| dc.contributor.author | Khari, Smriti | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-03-15T06:33:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-03-15T06:33:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description | Anju Kapoor People's College of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Bhanpur, Bhopal Madhya Pradesh Smriti Khari People's College of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Bhanpur, Bhopal Madhya Pradesh | |
| dc.description.abstract | Abstract: Introduction: Knowledge regarding physiology of menstruation and hygienic practices are poor in adolescent girls. Deep rooted social beliefs make their attitude more negative. Material and Methods: In a hospital based cross sectional study, one hundred adolescent girls who have attained menarche were interviewed with a pre-validated semi-structured questionnaire to assess their knowledge, experiences, effect of mother’s education on menstrual hygienic practices and factors affecting their positive and negative attitude. Results: Mean age of menarche was 13.28 (SD ± 1.42) years. Mothers were the first informant to 56% girls. Only 11% girls knew that menstruation is a normal biological phenomenon and 28% girls were mentally prepared before menarche. Readymade pads were being used by 46% girls. Most girls were forced to follow various restrictions during menstruation. Maternal education was significantly associated with use of readymade pads (p-value 0.031). Significant positive correlation was seen between premenarchal preparedness to pleasantness (r = 0.3215; p = 0.001) while negative correlation was found between preparedness to secrecy (r = -0.1549; p = 0.124), annoyance (r = -0.1421; p = 0.158) and worrying thoughts (r = - 0.2074; p = 0.038). Negative correlation was also seen between years of experience with menses to secrecy and worrying thought (r = -0.0162; p = 0.872 and r = -0.1033; p = 0.864 respectively). Conclusion: There is significant lack of knowledge, poor hygienic practices and negative attitude among adolescent girls that needs to be addressed by educating them and their mothers. | |
| dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v36i1.14386 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/5129 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS) | |
| dc.subject | Adolescent girls | |
| dc.subject | menarche | |
| dc.subject | menstruation | |
| dc.title | Knowledge, Attitude and Socio-cultural Beliefs of Adolescent Girls towards Menstruation Authors | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.article.type | Original Article | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 49 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 42 | |
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