Udgiri Rekha, Angadi M M, Patil Shailaja, Sorganvi Vijaya
Department of Community Medicine, BLDEA's Shri BM Patil Medical College, Bijapur 586103.
J Indian Med Assoc. 2010 Aug;108(8):514-6.
Adolescence is a crucial period in woman's life. The adolescent girls of today are the mothers of tomorrow in whose hand lie the future of her family, community and the nation. Because of the scarcity of information regarding the problems of adolescent girls, particularly in urban areas, the present study was undertaken to elicit information about the knowledge and practices regarding menstruation among adolescent girls. With this objective, a community-based cross-sectional study was done in an urban field practice area of BLDEA's Shri BM Patil Medical College, Bijapur. The study subjects included all adolescent girls who had attained menarche. Data was collected by questionnaire method and analysed. Out of 342 adolescent girls 324 (94.74%) were literate. Only 63 (18.42%) had knowledge about menstruation prior to attainment of menarche and this association was found to be statistically significant. The main source of information about menstruation was mother ie, 195 (57.01%). Nearly 81.58% adolescent girls were lacking knowledge about menstruation prior to menarche, this reflects upon the standard of awareness in the society to such important event and it also leads to negative reaction to menarche.
青春期是女性生命中的关键时期。如今的少女将成为明日之母，其手中掌握着家庭、社区乃至国家的未来。由于关于少女问题的信息匮乏，尤其是在城市地区，因此开展了本研究，以获取少女在月经方面的知识和行为信息。基于这一目标，在比贾布尔的BLDEA's Shri BM Patil医学院的城市实地实习区域进行了一项基于社区的横断面研究。研究对象包括所有已初潮的少女。通过问卷调查法收集数据并进行分析。在342名少女中，324名（94.74%）识字。只有63名（18.42%）在初潮前就了解月经知识，且这种关联具有统计学意义。关于月经的主要信息来源是母亲，即195名（57.01%）。近81.58%的少女在初潮前缺乏月经知识，这反映了社会对这一重要事件的认知水平，也导致了对初潮的负面反应。
