Can education improve understanding and management of PMS in blind teenage girls?

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the outcomes of educational guideline on awareness ofblind adolescent girl students regarding premenstrual syndromes. Subjects and Methods: Aquasi-experimental design was utilized in this study, that was conducted at Blind School in BenhaInstitute. A purposive sample of 80 blind adolescent girl students from the previously mentionedsetting. The following study tools were used(pre/posttests): 1) Students‘ interviewingquestionnaire to assess their knowledge as regards premenstrual syndromes. 2) An observationalchecklist to evaluate studied students‘ practices such as perineal care. 3) Numerical pain scale toassess pain severity level. 4) Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale to assess anxiety level. Results: Themean age of adolescent girls was 15.9 ± 2.3 years. There was significant differences regardingknowledge and practices (perineal care, methods of cleaning, use of pads, dispose of pad andmethods of drying), pain and anxiety relieve (e.g warm compress and exercises) aboutpremenstrual syndromes between pre, post and follow up educational guideline. Conclusion: Thepresent study concluded that, the educational guideline had a positive effect on awareness of blindadolescent girl students regarding premenstrual syndromes. Recommendations: Further studiesshould be carried out on a large number of such group of students for evidence of the results andgeneralization.

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