International Journal of Innovative Research in Health Science

Introduction: Menstrual hygiene is also an important aspect of health among adolescents, and many adolescent girls were not properly informed because of taboos and misinformation in their culture and insufficient education. Lack of poor menstrual hygiene practices may result in infections, absenteeism at school, and psychosocial distress. Thus, knowledge levels among adolescent girls should be evaluated to make the right health intervention plans. Aim: To measure the level of knowledge about menstrual hygiene among the adolescent girls and to evaluate how it relates to the choice of demographic variables. Methodology: The research design adopted is a quantitative descriptive research design. It was done in Government Higher Secondary School, Thiruvandarkovil, Puducherry. Purposive sampling was used to pick a sample of 50 adolescent girls between the ages of 13 and 17 years who had reached the menarche age. A structured questionnaire was adopted to collect the data in terms of demographic variables and knowledge-related items pertaining to menstrual hygiene. Analysis was done using the descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The results found out that 66 percent of the participants were found to have good knowledge, 24 percent had moderate, and 10 percent good knowledge with no one having inadequate knowledge. The mean knowledge score was 25.03 ± 3.81. The relationship between the level of knowledge and age and educational status was statistically significant (p < 0.05). Other demographic variables did not have any significant association. Conclusion: The results of the study are that the majority of adolescent girls had a fairly good level of knowledge on menstrual hygiene. Nevertheless, special educational interventions will be required to increase awareness and healthy menstrual practices among adolescent girls as well.