Ray Sabyasachi, Pandey Jagriti, Sing Kinkar
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Midnapore Medical College & Hospital, Midnapore, West Bengal India.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lady Dufferin Victoria Hospital, Mishra Bhawan, Second floor, 34, Rameshwar malia first bye lane, Howrah, West Bengal 711101 India.
J Obstet Gynaecol India. 2025 Apr;75(Suppl 1):30-36. doi: 10.1007/s13224-024-01978-6. Epub 2024 Apr 16.
Prevalence of misinformation, myth and taboo prevents the women from adopting proper menstrual hygiene which predisposes to urogenital infections. These socio-cultural beliefs and taboo can only be fought by creating awareness about normal menstrual physiology, safe hygienic practices and reproductive health.
This study will assess the knowledge, attitude and practices about sanitary napkin among menstruating females of rural West Bengal. It will analyse the association between hygienic practice of the respondents and significant factors affecting it.
MATERIAL & METHODS: It is a hospital-based cross-sectional study carried out in gynaecology outpatient department, from 1 April 2020 to 30 September 2021. Five hundred women were enrolled through simple random sampling after proper informed consent. A predesigned, pretested questionnaire was used to collect data by personal interview method. Institutional Ethics Committee clearance was taken. Data analysis was done using SPSS software.
Hygienic menstrual practice of the participants varied with different categories of socio-economic status, age group and literacy status. Use of sanitary napkin was 7.3353 times [OR: 7.3353 (4.2449, 12.6755 -value < 0.0001] more in respondents aware about hygienic menstrual practices prevents infections than those who were ignorant of it. Hygienic practice of using a sanitary napkin was significantly inversely associated with urogenital complain of the respondents [OR: 0.0678 (0.0402, 0.1145) -value < 0.0001].
Right knowledge will help develop hygienic menstrual practice and overcome misconceptions and taboos. Proper policies need to be framed and implemented to cover this public health need for overall health and community development.
错误信息、谣言和禁忌的盛行阻碍了女性采取正确的经期卫生措施，这易引发泌尿生殖系统感染。只有通过提高对正常月经生理、安全卫生习惯和生殖健康的认识，才能对抗这些社会文化观念和禁忌。
本研究将评估西孟加拉邦农村地区经期女性对卫生巾的知识、态度和使用习惯。它将分析受访者卫生习惯与影响该习惯的重要因素之间的关联。
这是一项于2020年4月1日至2021年9月30日在妇科门诊进行的基于医院的横断面研究。在获得适当的知情同意后，通过简单随机抽样招募了500名女性。使用预先设计和预测试的问卷，通过个人访谈的方式收集数据。获得了机构伦理委员会的批准。使用SPSS软件进行数据分析。
参与者的卫生经期习惯因社会经济地位、年龄组和识字状况的不同类别而有所差异。了解卫生经期习惯可预防感染的受访者使用卫生巾的比例比不了解的受访者高7.3353倍[比值比：7.3353（4.2449，12.6755），P值<0.0001]。使用卫生巾的卫生习惯与受访者的泌尿生殖系统疾病显著负相关[比值比：0.0678（0.0402，0.1145），P值<0.0001]。
正确的知识将有助于养成卫生的经期习惯，并克服误解和禁忌。需要制定并实施适当的政策，以满足这一公共卫生需求，促进整体健康和社区发展。
