Dhakal Binita
College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur-10, Chitwan, Nepal.
J Nepal Health Res Counc. 2020 Jan 21;17(4):437-442. doi: 10.33314/jnhrc.v17i4.1559.
Adolescence is a critical period and is associated with physical and psycho-social changes induced by puberty, which builds personality, behaviour, and future health of the adolescents. Thus, the aim of the study was to find out the knowledge and attitude regarding pubertal health of adolescence girls.
A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted in Bharatpur Metropolitan City's secondary level schools. A total of 183 adolescent girls were selected using probability simple random sampling from 5 schools out of total 43 schools which were also selected by simple random sampling technique. Data was collected by using structured self-administered questionnaire for knowledge and likert's scale was used for attitude regarding pubertal health.
Study findings revealed that 61.4% of the students belonged to early adolescence (11-14) age group with the mean age 14.27±1.33 years. Majority (80.3%) had moderate level of knowledge and around half (48.6%) had positive attitude. Knowledge and attitude varied with the respondents' level of education (p=0.001), relation to sibling (p=0.013) and source of information by elder sister (p=0.022), teachers/school (p=0.001).Moderately positive correlation was found between knowledge and attitude which was highly significant (r=0.395, p<0.001).
Majority of respondents had moderate level of knowledge and half of the respondent had positive attitude regarding pubertal health. Findings of the study emphasizes on improvement in education of adolescent girls which can help uplift health status and minimize vulnerability to health issues of pubertal health.
青春期是一个关键时期，与青春期引发的身体和心理社会变化相关，这些变化塑造着青少年的个性、行为和未来健康。因此，本研究的目的是了解青春期女孩对青春期健康的知识和态度。
在巴拉特普尔市的中学进行了一项描述性横断面研究。通过概率简单随机抽样从总共43所学校中的5所学校选取了183名青春期女孩，这5所学校也是通过简单随机抽样技术选取的。使用结构化自填问卷收集关于知识的数据，并使用李克特量表收集关于青春期健康的态度数据。
研究结果显示，61.4%的学生属于青春期早期（11 - 14岁）年龄组，平均年龄为14.27±1.33岁。大多数（80.3%）学生的知识水平中等，约一半（48.6%）学生态度积极。知识和态度因受访者的教育程度（p = 0.001）、与兄弟姐妹的关系（p = 0.013）以及姐姐提供信息的来源（p = 0.022）、教师/学校（p = 0.001）而有所不同。知识和态度之间存在中度正相关，且具有高度显著性（r = 0.395，p < 0.001）。
大多数受访者对青春期健康的知识水平中等，约一半受访者态度积极。该研究结果强调了改善青春期女孩教育的重要性，这有助于提高健康状况并最大程度降低青春期健康问题的易感性。
