DETERMINATION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF MENSTRUATION HYGIENE TRAINING GIVEN TO TRAINABLE INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY ADOLESCENT GIRLS

Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the efficiency of menstruation hygiene training given to trainable intellectual disability adolescent girls. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted as a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental study. It was carried out with educable intellectual disability adolescent girls attending a Special Education and Application Center (School) located in the central county of Ankara province. The study was completed with 25 participants. Data were collected through a “personal information form” and “menstrual skills assessment form”. The researchers given education to participants to gain sanitary pad replacement skills. The menstrual pad replacement skills of them were followed before and after the training. The follow-ups were extended to the first and the sixth month after the training. Data were evaluated by computer. Results: The mean age of the participants in the study was 16.56 ± 1.00 (14-18). All of them had already got periods. Their menstrual process was found to be in the normal cycle. The median score for pre-interventional pad replacement skill was 16.00 (minimum: 0- maximum: 36). The post-interventional score for the first follow-up was 36.00 (minimum: 22- maximum: 36), it was 36.00 (minimum: 24- maximum: 36) in the second follow-up, and the difference was found strong evidence in support of the alternative hypothesis (p<0.001). Conclusion: It was revealed that the training given trainable intellectual disability adolescent girls by nurses by using video and dolls was an effective method for having intellectual disability adolescents gain pad replacement skills.