1Nursing Tutor, JSS School of Nursing, Chamarajanagar, Karnataka, India
2Principal, JSS School of Nursing, Chamarajanagar, Karnataka, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: sandhya.varshajade22@gmail.com
Online published on 4 September, 2021.
The onset of menstruation is a physiological milestone in women’ reproductive life. Menarche is a recognized as one of the most vivid and emotional laden events for human faunal regardless of specific culture practices of the society.
In this study, Pre-experimental design was adopted.
Convenient sampling technique was adopted to select 90 adolescent girls. The knowledge was measured by using structured knowledge questionnaire regarding menstrual hygiene. A structured video clips was showed for the samples. The data collected were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics.
The results of study revealed that the significance of difference between the mean pre-test and mean post-test knowledge scores which was statistically tested using paired ‘t’ test and was found to be highly significant. The results also show that the Pre-test knowledge scores of adolescent girls had no significant association with their selected demographic variables except their previous exposure to education programme and Post-test knowledge scores of adolescent girls had no significant association with their selected demographic variables except their studying class.
Menstrual hygiene a very important risk factor for reproductive tract infection, it is a vital aspects of health education for adolescent girls.
Menstrual Hygiene, Video Assisted Teaching, Adolescent Girls
