The experiences of visually impaired teenage girls on menstrual hygiene management: a qualitative study

Abstract

Objective

This study aimed to collected the information from visually impaired children related to their menstrual hygiene management.

Methods

Six visually impaired children participated in this study. Qualitative design was used in this study in order to obtain themes related to menstrual self hygiene. Data were collected using interview recorded using sound recorder.

Results

The majority of the participant acquired the knowledge on menstruation and how to clean the menstrual pad from the teacher. The negative thoughts such as fear are the daily obstacles faced by the visually impaired children. Myth and beliefs about menstruation also appear on this study findings. The emotional responses stated such as dependence on feeling when doing menstrual self hygiene also obtained in the study findings.

Conclusion

Study findings explain that the visually impaired children still facing the problems related to psychosocial and physical disadvantageous. The findings in this study were expected to become the source of information in order to develop the psychosocial support to visually impaired children on maintain the health of their reproductive system.