Effect of Teaching Guideline on Women Knowledge and Practices regarding Leucorrhoea at Reproductive Age

Abstract

Background: Leucorrhoea is strictly an excessive normal vaginal/cervical discharge and it is one of the most common complaints of the patients attending the Outpatients' Gynecological clinics. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of teaching guidelines on women's knowledge and practices regarding leucorrhoea at reproductive age. Design: Quasi-experimental research design was used. Setting: The current study was conducted at Outpatients' Gynecological clinics at Beni-Suef University Hospital. Subjects: A purposive sample of a total of 500 women of reproductive age was recruited for the study. Three tools were used for data collection; Tool (1): A structured interview questionnaire; Tool (2): women's knowledge about leucorrhoea (pre/post), Tool (3): women's practices about leucorrhoea (pre/post). Results: The study result revealed that there was a highly statistically significant difference and improvement between the pre-teaching guidelines and post-teaching guidelines regarding women's knowledge and practices about leucorrhoea. There was a statistically significant positive correlation between the total knowledge and total practice scores of the studied women regarding leucorrhoea. There is significant statistical relation between studied women's demographic characteristics and their total score of knowledge and total score of practices. Conclusion: Teaching guidelines had a positive effect on improving women's knowledge and practices at reproductive age regarding leucorrhoea. Recommendations: Implementing continued teaching guidelines about leucorrhoea should be provided to women of reproductive age according to their needs to improve their knowledge and practices. Proper counseling can be given to women as well as nurse care practices at the time of counseling.