Comparison of Menstrual Care Skills Training Programs Provided to Girls with Intellectual Disabilities by a Healthcare Professional and Caregivers: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Autor/inn/en	Aktas, Gamze; Öncü, Emine
Titel	Comparison of Menstrual Care Skills Training Programs Provided to Girls with Intellectual Disabilities by a Healthcare Professional and Caregivers: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Quelle	In: Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 27 (2023) 3, S.746-761 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Aktas, Gamze) ORCID (Öncü, Emine)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1744-6295
DOI	10.1177/17446295221101759
Schlagwörter	Females; Physiology; Daily Living Skills; Moderate Intellectual Disability; Program Effectiveness; Adolescents; Skill Development; Caregiver Role; Parent School Relationship; Cooperation; Hygiene; Intervention; Training; Foreign Countries; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Physiologie; Alltagsfertigkeit; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Co-operation; Kooperation; Ausbildung; Ausland; Türkei
Abstract	Objective: To compare the effectiveness of the training provided by the professional and caregivers in developing menstrual care skills of girls with intellectual disabilities. Methods: A randomized controlled trial was conducted with 22 moderate girls with intellectual disabilities randomly assigned to G-I and G-II. Both groups received training program using chaining technique and modeling on a doll and on itself for 8 weeks. Assessments were made on the 1, 15, 30 and 60 days. Results: The girls' median age was 15 (14-18) years. Scores skill of menstrual care were significantly increased in both groups (p < 0.05; effect size = 0.61). G-I's a pad placement and changing dirty pad skill scores were higher than G-II (p = 0.05; effect size = 0.44). Conclusion: The training process performing by caregivers can be affected by the complexity of the menstrual self-care skills. School-parents cooperation-based reproductive health programs may be facilitated the teaching of complex menstrual care skills of girls with intellectual disabilities. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01