Sarkar Ishita, Dobe Madhumita, Dasgupta Aparajita, Basu Rivu, Shahbabu Bhaskar
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Department of Health Promotion and Education, All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2017 Jul-Sep;6(3):583-588. doi: 10.4103/2249-4863.222054.
Menstrual hygiene is a neglected issue in rural India. Lack of menstrual hygiene in adolescent girls can make them susceptible to various morbidities, for example, reproductive tract infection and urinary tract infection and their long-term consequences, for example, cervical cancer, infertility, and ectopic pregnancy. This study aims to find out the determinants of menstrual hygiene among the school going adolescent girls in a rural area of West Bengal.
To elicit the menstrual hygiene practices among the study population and to find out the association of poor menstrual hygiene practices with sociodemographic factors, such as age, occupation and education of the parents, housing, and presence of sanitary toilet.
A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted among 307 school going adolescent girls of 12-17 years age group in a rural area of West Bengal.
Majority of the students in both schools (62.9%) were Hindu, general caste (54.1%) and belonged to nuclear family (69.7%). Most of the parents in both schools had completed their education up to primary level. Bivariate analyses were done, and the significant factors predicting good menstrual hygiene were entered into the multivariable logistic regression model. It revealed that good menstrual hygiene was more among those whose mothers were educated (adjusted odds ratios [AOR] 2.3 [1.06-5.01]), and who were homemakers (AOR 2.3 [1.06-5.01]).
Menstrual hygiene among the study population was found to be poor. The improving education level of the mothers can go a long way in improving menstrual hygiene practice.
在印度农村地区，经期卫生是一个被忽视的问题。青春期女孩缺乏经期卫生知识，易患各种疾病，如生殖道感染和尿路感染，以及这些疾病的长期后果，如宫颈癌、不孕症和异位妊娠。本研究旨在找出西孟加拉邦农村地区在校青春期女孩经期卫生的决定因素。
了解研究人群的经期卫生习惯，并找出不良经期卫生习惯与社会人口学因素之间的关联，如父母的年龄、职业和教育程度、住房情况以及是否有卫生厕所。
在西孟加拉邦农村地区，对307名年龄在12至17岁的在校青春期女孩进行了一项描述性横断面研究。
两所学校的大多数学生（62.9%）是印度教徒，属于普通种姓（54.1%），来自核心家庭（69.7%）。两所学校的大多数家长都完成了小学教育。进行了双变量分析，并将预测良好经期卫生的重要因素纳入多变量逻辑回归模型。结果显示，母亲受过教育的女孩（调整后的优势比[AOR]为2.3[1.06 - 5.01]）以及家庭主妇（AOR为2.3[1.06 - 5.01]）的经期卫生状况更好。
研究人群的经期卫生状况较差。提高母亲的教育水平对改善经期卫生习惯大有帮助。
