Irinoye O O, Ogungbemi A, Ojo A O
Department of Nursing Science, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
Niger J Med. 2003 Jan-Mar;12(1):43-51.
This study investigated students' knowledge of, beliefs, attitude to and practices during menstruation. Data was collected from a sample of 200 students from Ile-Ife using the multi-stage sampling technique. Only 5% of respondents could correctly define menstruation. Materials used to manage menstruation include sanitary pad, pieces of cloths, toilet rolls, cotton wool, tampon and shoulder pad foam. Practices vary on menstruating and non-menstruating days with 11(39.3%) of the 28 practices classified as healthy, 6(21.43%) as potentially harmful and 11(39.3%) as uncertain. Three (21.43%) of the listed 14 beliefs and taboos are potentially health-promoting, 5(35.71%) are potentially not health-promoting while 6(42.86%) are potentially harmless. Menstruation is associated with restrictions in diet and social interaction with 8%, 20.5% and 5% seeing menstruation as abnormal, dirty and a disease respectively. Findings from this study would be helpful in planning educational programmes to correct misinformation and promote healthy practices among women during menstruation.
本研究调查了学生对月经的知识、信念、态度及经期行为。采用多阶段抽样技术，从伊费的200名学生样本中收集数据。只有5%的受访者能正确定义月经。用于管理月经的物品包括卫生巾、布条、卫生纸、棉球、卫生棉条和肩垫泡沫。经期和非经期的行为各不相同，28种行为中有11种（39.3%）被归类为健康行为，6种（21.43%）为潜在有害行为，11种（39.3%）为不确定行为。列出的14种信念和禁忌中，有3种（21.43%）可能促进健康，5种（35.71%）可能不利于健康，6种（42.86%）可能无害。月经与饮食限制和社交互动受限有关，分别有8%、20.5%和5%的人认为月经是异常、肮脏和一种疾病。本研究的结果将有助于规划教育项目，以纠正错误信息并促进女性在月经期间的健康行为。
