ABSTRACT:
Introduction: Menstrual health and hygiene, often known as menstrual hygiene management, includes evaluating menstrual hygiene products to collect blood flow during menstruation, providing a facility for disposing of menstrual management materials, and providing privacy for changing the materials. The systemic elements that connect a woman's menstruation to her health and well-being may also be included. A product used for menstrual hygiene that is placed into the vagina during the menstrual cycle is called a menstrual cup. The menstrual cup is a bell shaped one which is placed around the vagina The menstrual cup collects blood flow rather than absorbing it as with pad and tampons. Objectives: To assess the knowledge of adolescent girls regarding usage of menstrual cup in menstrual hygiene. To find out the association between level of knowledge on usage of menstrual cup in menstrual hygiene among adolescent girls with their selected demographic variables. To develop an information booklet. Methodology: The research approach chosen for the study is descriptive survey approach, the research design selected for the study is non-experimental descriptive research design. A sample of 100 adolescent girls were selected from the target population for the study and convenient sampling technique was adopted to draw samples for the study. Result: the study shows that out of 100 adolescent girls around 68% adolescent girls has moderate knowledge, 31% has inadequate knowledge and 0.1% have adequate knowledge in usage of menstrual cup in menstrual hygiene and there was no significant association between the level of knowledge and selected demographic variable.
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Risha P S, J. Vijayalakshmi. A Study to Assess the Knowledge of Adolescent Girls Regarding the Usage of Menstrual Cup in Menstrual Hygiene in Selected Nursing Schools at Bangalore with A View to Develop an Informative Booklet. A and V Pub Journal of Nursing and Medical Research. 2025;4(4):125-9. doi: 10.52711/jnmr.2025.28
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Risha P S, J. Vijayalakshmi. A Study to Assess the Knowledge of Adolescent Girls Regarding the Usage of Menstrual Cup in Menstrual Hygiene in Selected Nursing Schools at Bangalore with A View to Develop an Informative Booklet. A and V Pub Journal of Nursing and Medical Research. 2025;4(4):125-9. doi: 10.52711/jnmr.2025.28 Available on: https://jnmronline.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2025-4-4-4
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