scholarly journals Assessment of an Educational Intervention on the Perception of Adolescent Girls towards Menstrual Hygiene in Ogun State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 109-118
Author(s):  
Ugochinyere Chinasa Ekeanyanwu
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Age At Menarche ◽  
Educational Approach ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene ◽  
Ogun State

In low and middle-income countries, menstruation is impeded by several misconceptions, taboos and shrouded in secrecy. This serves as a major challenge to proper Education regarding menstrual hygiene and has blocked the access of adolescent girls to the right kind of information, thereby influencing a negative outcome associated with harmful behaviours. The objective of the study was to investigate the assessment of an educational intervention on the perception of adolescent girls towards menstrual hygiene in Ogun state, Nigeria. The study utilized a quasi-experimental design. One hundred and twenty (120) in-school adolescent girls were selected through a multistage sampling technique from four (4) secondary schools within four (4) local government areas in Ogun State, Nigeria. A validated 23-items questionnaire measured on a 69-point rating scale with a Cronbach Alpha scores 0.79 was used for data collection. The mean ±SD age and age at menarche of adolescent girls was 14.92±1.82; 12.73±1.38. The majority of respondents had low scores of perceptions. The educational intervention had an effective change in the level of perception of adolescent schoolgirls between baseline and the 6th-week follow-up, indicating a mean difference of 26.70 (p<0.01) for the peer-led, 26.54(p<0.01) parent-led, 20.16(p<0.01) parent and peer-led and a decrease in mean in the control group (-0.17; p=0.866). The peer-led educational approach had a better impact on adolescent girls’ perception compared to other educational approaches. Hence, this is an indication that peer-education strategies should be utilized for further interventions and in reaching out to adolescents.

scholarly journals Effect of Peer-Led and Parent-Led Education Interventions on Menstrual Hygiene-Related Knowledge of In-School Adolescent Girls in Ogun State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Ugochinyere C.E. ◽  
Catherine O.A.
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Health Belief ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Peer Educators ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene ◽  
Ogun State ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Education Interventions ◽  
Multistage Sampling ◽  
Belief Model

The purposes of the study was to determine the effectiveness of peer-led and parent-led education on menstrual hygiene-related knowledge of in-school adolescent girls in Ogun state, Nigeria, which was conceptualized using the Health Belief Model. The study employed a quasi-experimental design with 120 in-school adolescent girls selected through a multistage sampling technique from four (4) secondary schools within Ogun East. A validated instrument was used for data collection. The findings showed that the adolescent girls' level of menstrual hygiene knowledge had a significant increase after the intervention. The peer-led group better predicted higher knowledge scores (mean diff = 7.13; effect size = 4.34; t = 19.091; p = 0.000). In conclusion, the peer-led education intervention was more effective in improving the level of adolescent girls' menstrual hygiene knowledge in Ogun State. It is recommended that peer educators be recruited for future interventions to change the reproductive health behaviors of adolescent girls nationally.

The effectiveness of discharge planning and range of motion (ROM) training in increasing muscle strength of nonhemorrhagic stroke patients

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Mohamat Iskandar
Keyword(s):  
Muscle Strength ◽  
Range Of Motion ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Discharge Planning ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Planning Program ◽  
Stroke Patients ◽  
Central Java

Background: Non-hemorrhagic stroke patients experience hemiparesis, an improper handling results in joint contractures. Discharge planning combined with a range of motion (ROM) training given to patients and their families are expected to improve muscle strength in patients after returning from the hospital. Aims: This study is to identify the effectiveness of discharge planning in increasing muscle strength. Methods: This is a quasi-experimental study with a pre-posttest design. A total of 34 respondents were selected by cluster random sampling technique, from RAA Soewondo Pati General Hospital of Pati, Central Java, Indonesia. The respondents were divided equally into two groups; an intervention group (N = 17) was given a discharge planning program together with stroke information and range of motion (ROM) training while the control group (N = 17) received a standard discharge planning available in the hospital. Further, Muscle Rating Scale (MRS) was employed to assess the muscle strength on the 2nd, 7th, and 14th day after discharge planning presented to the nonhemorrhagic stroke patients. Results: This present study clearly acknowledges the standard discharge planning program available in the hospital improve the muscle strength of the upper and lower extremity in the nonhemorrhagic stroke patients just 2nd day after the care (pretest), and the significant improvement was observed until the day 14. Moreover, combining the care with ROM training at the intervention group faster the recovery and the muscle strength improved significantly at the 7th day and continue increase at the day 14. Looking to the muscle strength since the 2nd day to the day 14, respectively the muscle strength of upper and lower limb at the control group improved at the point of 0.588 and 0.882, while at the group received the ROM training reached the value of 1.472 and 1.412. Conclusions: The ROM training combined to the current discharge planning program will faster the muscle strength recovery of the nonhemorrhagic stroke patients. This research provide insight how family plays important role to the success in monitoring the rehabilitation and recovery progress. 

Efficacy of EMDR Therapy on the Pain Intensity and Subjective Distress of Cancer Patients

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-28
Author(s):  
Naeem Abdi ◽  
Mohammad Malekzadeh ◽  
Zhila Fereidouni ◽  
Mohammad Behnammoghadam ◽  
Parisa Zaj ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pain Intensity ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Therapeutic Option ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Subjective Distress ◽  
Patients With Cancer ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Emdr Therapy

The present study was carried out to investigate the efficacy of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in treating pain and subjective distress of patients with cancer. A randomized controlled trial was performed on patients with cancer suffering from moderate to severe cancer pain in Yasuj, Iran, in 2019 and 2020. Sixty patients aged 30–60 years who fulfilled the inclusion criteria were selected using a consensus sampling technique. Patients were randomly assigned to EMDR therapy or control groups based on random block allocation. EMDR therapy was administered in six to eight daily 1-hour sessions. The control group received the standard treatment provided by the hospital. A Numeric Pain-Rating Scale (NRS) and the Subjective Units of Disturbance Scale (SUDS) were used to assess pain and subjective distress before and after the intervention in each session. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, chi-square test, and independent t test using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 24. The mean pain intensity and subjective distress score in the experimental group before and after the EMDR intervention were significantly reduced (p < .001). In the control group, no decreases in NRS and SUDS scores occurred at any time (p > .05). Differences in pain scores between the groups were statistically significant (p < .001). EMDR can effectively and sustainably reduce the pain and subjective distress experienced by patients with cancer. Thus, EMDR is a recommended therapeutic option to mitigate pain and subjective distress among patients with cancer.

scholarly journals Spiritual relaxation to reduce dysmenorrhea: a quasy experimental

MEDISAINS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Qurota A'yun ◽  
Mukhoirotin Mukhoirotin
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scale ◽  
Early Mobilization ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Numeric Rating Scale ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Relaxation Techniques ◽  
Menstrual Pain ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
And Control ◽  
Numeric Rating

Background: The dysmenorrhea prevalence is still reported high in the world. Several previous studies discovered that deep breathing relaxation effectively reduced dysmenorrhea. Other studies presented the combination of early mobilization and spiritual relaxation could reduce the level of client pain postoperative appendectomy, however the effectiveness of spiritual relaxation techniques to reduce dysmenorrhea is not yet tested.Objective: to determine the effect of spiritual relaxation to reduce dysmenorrhea.Method: The research design used was Quasi Experiment with the pretest-posttest Control Group Design approach. The populations were female students who experienced menstrual pain (dysmenorrhea) and met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The variable in this study was dysmenorrhea. The sampling technique was simple ramdom sampling consisted of 44 respondents. The calculation instrument was NRS (Numeric Rating Scale) and data were analyzed through statistical test of Paired T-Test and Independent T-Test.Results: After spiritual relaxation treatment, the intensity of menstrual pain reduced significantly from 6.05 - 1.77, it proved that there was an effect of spiritual relaxation on dysmenorrhea with a significant value (ρ) of 0.000 (p ≤ 0.05). There were significant differences in the intensity of menstrual pain in the intervention and control groups (1.77 ± 1,109 vs 5.63 ± 0.445; p> 0.05).Conclusion: Spiritual relaxation effectively reduces dysmenorrhea

scholarly journals An epidemiological study of menstrual hygiene practices in school going adolescent girls from urban slums of Nalgonda, Telangana

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 196
Author(s):  
Jyothi Veleshala ◽  
Varun M. Malhotra ◽  
Suresh J. Thomas ◽  
Kondagunta Nagaraj
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Urban Slum ◽  
Age At Menarche ◽  
Female Teacher ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene ◽  
School Girls ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Sanitary Pads

Background: Reproductive health of adolescent girls is crucial as it determines the health of future generations. School girls when experiencing menarche find themselves in a setting without water, toilets or a supportive female teacher to explain the changes happening in their body. Hence, the present study was conducted to assess knowledge and practices about menstruation in adolescent school girls of an urban slum and to find some socio-demographic determinants of menstrual hygiene.Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted among 6th to 10th class school going adolescent girls from an urban slum of Telangana state. A total of 300 girls participated.Results: The mean age of the students was 11.9±3.3 years. The mean age at menarche was 13.09 (95% CI: 12.07–14.11). 25.3% had acquired prior knowledge about attaining menarche. For majority (74.2%) the knowledge was imparted by their mothers. 96.9% of school girls used sanitary pads. Significant association observed between educational status and employment status of mother and usage of sanitary pads by respondent. Almost 90% of the young women faced physical complaints or health problems during menstruation. Majority (94.3%) had religious restrictions on them during the menstruation.Conclusions: Menstrual hygiene is an issue which needs to be addressed to all adolescents, with special emphasis in slum area. Lack of awareness is a roadblock in adopting safe and hygienic menstrual practices. More emphasis should be given on improving adolescent literacy for achieving hygienic menstrual practices.

Assessment of the Factors Influencing and Barriers Associated with Menstrual Hygiene among Adolescent Girls of selected Urban Schools in view to Develop Information Booklet

2021 ◽  
pp. 441-444
Author(s):  
Namrata B. Khandagale
Keyword(s):  
Urban Schools ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Pathological Process ◽  
Observational Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Public Places ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene ◽  
Information Booklet ◽  
Factors Influencing

‘Assessment of the factors influencing and barriers associated with menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls of selected urban schools in view to develop information booklet.’ Objectives: 1. To assess the factors influencing Incidence of menstrual hygiene among the adolescent girls. 2. To assess the barriers associated with menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls. 3.To find association between the study findings and selected demographic variables. Material and Methods: The research approach adopted in this study is Observational research approach. Non- experimental descriptive research design was used. The sample were selected by Non-probability convenient sampling technique sample size was 100. Results: 1. 75% of the adolescent girls understand menstruation as the physiological process, 9% of them consider it as pathological process, 3% of them consider it as a cause for god and 13% of them don't know what menstruation is about. 2. 73% of the adolescent girls avoid visiting public places during menstruation due to lack of toilet facilities in public area, 14% of them avoid visiting public places because they feel shy to use public toilet and 13% of them avoid using public places due to cultural barriers.

scholarly journals An Analysis of Anger in Adolescent Girls Who Practice the Martial Arts

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Lotfian ◽  
Vahid Ziaee ◽  
Homayoun Amini ◽  
Mohammad-Ali Mansournia
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Martial Arts ◽  
Adolescent Girl ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Female Adolescents ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Case Group ◽  
Anger Control ◽  
Adolescent Anger Rating Scale

The effect of martial arts on adolescents' behavior, especially aggression, is controversial. The aim of this study was to assess and compare anger ratings among adolescent girl athletes of different martial arts. 291 female adolescents between the ages of 11 and 19 were assessed according to the Adolescent Anger Rating Scale designed by DM Burney. In the case group, the martial arts practiced were either judo (n=70) or karate (n=66), while the control group was composed of swimmers (n=59) and nonathletes (n=96). Total anger scores showed statistically significant differences between the groups (P=0.001) decreasing from girls who practiced judo to nonathletes, karate, and swimmers. Instrumental and reactive anger subscales also showed significant differences between the groups, but this difference was not found for anger control. As a conclusion, the anger rate did not differ between judoka and nonathletes, but that both of these groups received higher scores in total anger than karateka and swimmers.

scholarly journals Factors impacting on menstrual hygiene and their implications for health promotion

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Mutunda Lahme ◽  
Ruth Stern ◽  
Diane Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
School Attendance ◽  
National Level ◽  
Community Setting ◽  
Age At Menarche ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene ◽  
Western Province ◽  
Women's Lives ◽  
Health Promoting School ◽  
Context Specific

Background: In the lives of women, puberty is marked by the onset of menarche. From this stage onwards until menopause, reproductive health and menstrual hygiene are important aspects of women’s lives. In Zambia’s Western Province, the natural process of menstruation is a taboo and dealt with secretly. Information and knowledge about menstruation and menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls is inadequate. This paper explores the factors influencing the understanding, experiences and practices of menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls in Mongu District, Western Province of Zambia. Methods: An explorative study design was used by means of six focus group discussions conducted with 51 respondents, aged 13–20 years, from three secondary schools. Their age at menarche was 11–15. For data analysis thematic content analysis was used. Results: The paper shows that the girls suffer from poor menstrual hygiene, originating from lack of knowledge, culture and tradition, and socio-economic and environmental constraints, leading to inconveniences, humiliation and stress. This leads to reduced school attendance and poor academic performance, or even drop outs, and ultimately infringes upon the girls’ human rights. Conclusion: To address these shortcomings, a ‘super setting approach’ is recommended, in which a Health Promoting School could improve the girls’ individual and group needs, and a community setting which would address the broader socio-economic, cultural and environmental conditions. This would enable creating a supportive environment for the girls to manage their periods. To successfully utilize the approach, all stakeholders (parents, teachers, children, governments and communities) should cooperate to generate context-specific solutions for creating safe menstrual care, and better and dignified conditions for adolescent girls. Therefore, this calls for comprehensive, strident advocacy for policy changes at national level, and mediation and involvement at community level.

scholarly journals Awareness of Menstrual Hygiene and Factors Affecting its Practice Among Adolescent Girls in Two Selected Senior Secondary Schools in Ogun State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-87
Author(s):  
Ajaegbu V.U. ◽  
Okwuikpo M.I. ◽  
Famuyigbo O.F. ◽  
Leslie T.A. ◽  
Maitanmi J.O. ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Menstrual Hygiene ◽  
Ogun State ◽  
Advanced Knowledge ◽  
Senior Secondary Schools ◽  
Senior Secondary

Background: In Africa, menstrual hygiene and its practices are still clouded by taboos and sociocultural restrictions, ignorance and illiteracy so that menstruation is viewed in a base manner, and considered dirty and filthy, which requires the isolation of the woman from some normal daily activities. Thus, menstrual hygiene involves the conditions and activities that promote and preserve health during menstruation. This study assessed the awareness of menstrual hygiene and factors affecting its practice among adolescent girls in two selected senior secondary schools in Ogun state, Nigeria. Method: The study utilized quantitative cross-sectional survey design. Purposive sampling technique was used in selecting 150 respondents for the study in the two selected senior secondary schools. Descriptive statistics, correlation and T-test fixed at 0.05 significance level was conducted to give statistical responses to the research hypotheses using SPSS version 21. Result: The result showed that adolescent girls in Babcock University High School (BUHS) and Remo High School (RHS) had advanced knowledge of menstrual hygiene and they had moderate practices of menstrual hygiene, but there were factors like religion and lack of conducive facilities affecting the effective practice among adolescent girls. Furthermore, respondents’ knowledge on menstrual hygiene had no significant positive relationship with practices of menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls in private schools and those in public schools (r = .022, p > .01). There was no significant difference between adolescent girls in private and public schools on practice of menstrual hygiene. Conclusion: Adolescent girls in BUHS and RHS had advanced knowledge of menstrual hygiene but moderate menstrual hygiene practices. This may be as a result of factors such as religion and lack of conducive facilities that hinder the effective practice among adolescent girls as identified in the study. Among other recommendations, the school administrations are advised to provide more conducive and appealing facilities for adolescent girls to practise good menstrual hygiene.

scholarly journals PENGARUH WILLIAM FLEXION EXERCISE TERHADAP PENURUNAN INTENSITAS NYERI HAID (DYSMENORRHEA) PADA SISWI SMAN 7 KOTA MALANG

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Jaenal Abidin ◽  
Supriyadi Supriyadi ◽  
Mulyani Surendra
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scale ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Pain Rating ◽  
Menstrual Pain ◽  
Control Group Design ◽  
Group Design ◽  
Equivalent Control ◽  
Numeric Pain Rating Scale ◽  
Pain Rating Scale

AbstrakTujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pengaruh William Flexion Exerciseterhadap penurunan intensitas nyeri haid. Penelitian ini menggunakan rancanganeksperimen semu dengan desain non equivalent control group design. Populasi dalampenelitian ini adalah seluruh siswi kelas XI SMAN 7 Kota Malang yang mengalaminyeri haid yang berjumlah 143 orang. Sampel yang diambil 20 orang untuk masingmasingkelompok. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan purposive sampling.Instrumen yang digunakan yaitu Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS). Hasil ujiANOVA diperoleh nilai p = 0,006. Berdasarkan hasil analisis data dapat disimpulkanbahwa terdapat pengaruh William Flexion Exercise terhadap penurunan intensitasnyeri haid (Dysmenorrhea) antara kelompok eksperimen dan kelompok kontrol padasiswi SMAN 7 Kota Malang.Kata Kunci: nyeri haid, william flexion exerciseAbstractThe purpose of this study was to determine the effect of william flexion exerciseon decreasing the intensity of menstrual pain. This study used quasy experimentaldesign with a non equivalent control group design. The population in this study wereall XI of SMAN 7 Malang City who experienced 143 people. Samples were taken by 20people for each group. The sampling technique used purposive sampling instrument.Used is the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS). ANOVA test results obtained values p= 0,006. Based on the reluts of data analysis it can be concluded that there are in theinfluence of william flexion exercise on the decrease in menstrual pain intensity(Dysmenorrhea) between control group on female students of SMAN 7 Malang City.Keywords: dysmenorrhea, william flexion exercise

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