Knowledge Regarding Menstrual Cups and its Usage among Adolescent Girls

Background-Menstruation cups have been around for decades, but due to a lack of awareness & the widespread usage of sanitary pads, its use is restricted in India.They are environmentally beneficial & lessen solid waste because they are reusable.The present study was conducted to gather knowledge regarding menstrual cups & its usage among adolescent girls.Methods-A descriptive study was conducted among 120 adolescent girls, 60 PUC I year students & 60 PUC II year students using disproportional stratified random technique.The data was collected by using the structured open ended knowledge questionnaire with self-administered technique.The data was analyzed by using descriptive & inferential statistical in terms of mean, frequency distribution, percentage, & chi-square test.Results-The result depicts that the majority of adolescent girls (49.16%) have inadequate knowledge, 47.1% moderately adequate knowledge & 3.33% adequate knowledge.The overall finding reveals that the knowledge of adolescent girls was 51.6%.There is a significance difference found between the course of study & facing problems with the current method of menstrual management.There was an irrelevant association found between the knowledge scores of adolescent girls and socio-demographic variables. Conclusion-The overall study finding depicted that the mean percentage score of knowledge of adolescent girls was 51.6%.Hence, it was concluded that adolescent girls have inadequate knowledge regarding menstrual cups & its usage.