Menstrual Pattern Among Adolescent Girls In Kancheepuram District Of Tamilnadu
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2016, Vol 0, Issue 0
Abstract
Background: Every woman does experience one or other type of menstrual problems in her lifetime. Objectives: To understand the menstrual hygiene and menstrual pattern among adolescent girls in Kancheepuram district. Methodology: A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted among 104 adolescent girls aged above 12 years. A pre-tested proforma was used to collect the details of adolescent girls. Results: Age at puberty from 11 to 14 years (Mean: 12.44 years). 49% of girls attained puberty in the age of 12 and 37.5% at 13 years. 44.2%(46) of particpants had been using the same inner garments around one year and 19.2%(20) using more than one year. 45.2% of participants are changing 2 napkins per day, 34.6% are changing 3 per day, 18.3% are changing 4 per day and 1.9% of participants are changing 1 napkin per day . 84(80.8%) have got regular cycles and 20 (19.2)participants have got irregular cycles. BMI<25 and >25 have influence on, onset puberty and bleeding quantity (p<0.05). Conclusion: Menstrual hygiene, personal hygiene are to be improved in adolescent girls. Also proper nutritional care is to be given to this group as low and high BMI are suffering from menstrual disorders.
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Sampath kumari S, Vijayalakshmi N, Prabakaran J
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