A Cross-Sectional Study on Menstrual Hygiene Practice Amongst Women

Poor Menstrual hygiene destructively affects the lives of women and girls who are in their reproductive age. The Myth still lies undermenstruation and is being practiced in most of the rural areas. Even now girls feel too shy to share about their menarche with their familymembers because of this they have to suffer from various health-related issues. Lack of awareness and resources is still a major problemfor girls in various parts of the world. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the practices of menstrual hygiene amongst women aged12-40 years in the rural region of District Lucknow. A cross-sectional study was designed and consecutive samplings were applied torecruit 82 participants from rural areas of Lucknow. A questionnaire was used to collect the data and Microsoft Excel was used for itsanalysis.The study demonstrates that 30.67% of respondents were not getting their periods at regular intervals of time. 32.73% of the respondentscomplained of abdominal pain, and 23.03% of them complained of body aches during their menstruation. Also, 15.15% complained ofweakness and 13.94% of cramps respectively. The majority 81.71% of the respondents were not aware of the problems earlier duringmenstruation. The study also revealed that the majority 49.54% of the respondents prefer to use cloth during their periods and 48.62%prefer to use pads over other things. This study reveals the majority of respondents were not aware of the intimate hygiene practice and themajority had no knowledge about the problems before their menstruation. Preferences of material between cloth and pad during theirmenstruation were almost similar.