Table 4 Menstrual hygiene practices of adolescents girls at Gedeo zone high schools, Southern Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 791)
Practice related questions | Frequency | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
Using absorbent materials during menstruation | 523 | 66.1 | |
Using commercially made sanitary pad during menstruation | 336 | 42.4 | |
Change pads or cloths more than three times a day during menstruation | 494 | 62.4 | |
Using clean clothes with soap and water | 151 | 19.1 | |
Dries cloths in sunlight | 375 | 47.4 | |
Cleans external genitalia during menstruation | 517 | 65.3 | |
Disposes the pads by wrapping with paper | 246 | 30.0 | |
Washes bath daily with soap during menstruation | 446 | 56.4 | |
Cleaning of external genitalia with water and soap during menstruation | 550 | 69.5 | |
Disposes used sanitary pads in dustbin | 354 | 44.7 | |
Over all menstrual hygiene practice | Good | 314 | 39.7 |
Poor | 477 | 60.3 | |