ASSESS THE ATTITUDE TOWARDS MENSTRUAL CUP USE AMONG WORKING WOMEN

Abstract

A study to assess the effectiveness of leaflet towards the attitude of menstrual cup use among working women in selected institutes at Pune city.

Objectives: To assess the attitude towards the use of menstrual cup before administration of leaflet. To assess the attitude towards the use of menstrual cup after administration of leaflet. To assess the effectiveness of leaflet on the attitude of menstrual cup use. To associate the findings with selected demographic variables.

Materials and Method: A Quasi-experimental design (one group pretest and posttest) used in this study. The study was conducted in selected areas of Pune city, India. Non- probability purposive sampling technique was used. Total 60 sample of working women were included in this study. Attitude scale was prepared to identify the attitude of women towards the use of menstrual cup. The collected data were analyzed by using descriptive, frequency and percentage statistics. Chi-square was used to find out the association in the attitude towards the menstrual cup use with selected demographic variables.

Result: Results revealed that in majority of samples i.e., 51.7% had positive attitude towards menstrual cup use before the administration of intervention i.e., leaflet, and after the administration of intervention i.e., leaflet, that majority of samples i.e., 73.3% had positive attitude towards menstrual cup use. The results showed that the mean post interventional attitude score is 42.67 which is greater than the is pre interventional mean attitude score (38.60), indicated that there is change in pre interventional and post interventional attitude among working women towards menstrual cup use.

Conclusion: This study revealed that pre-intervention 41.7% of women were willing to use menstrual cup whereas in the post-intervention an increase is seen regarding willingness to use menstrual cup upto 66.7%.