Table 4 Menstrual hygiene management practice among in-school adolescent girls in Gimbi town, western Ethiopia, 2022 (n = 378)
Characteristics of respondent | Categories | Frequency | Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Used sanitary materials (378) | Yes | 365 | 96.6 |
No | 13 | 3.4 | |
Sanitary material used (365) | Disposable sanitary pad | 307 | 84.1 |
Reusable sanitary pad | 99 | 27.1 | |
Underwear only | 8 | 2.2 | |
Disposable piece of cloth | 26 | 7.1 | |
Use no sanitary pad | 13 | 3.4 | |
Frequency of changing absorbent (365) | Once | 34 | 9.7 |
Twice | 118 | 33.8 | |
= > three times | 197 | 56.4 | |
Clean genitalia (378) | Yes | 347 | 91.8 |
No | 31 | 8.2 | |
Frequency of cleaning genitalia (347) | Once | 71 | 20.5 |
Twice | 105 | 30.3 | |
Three times | 99 | 28.5 | |
More than three times | 72 | 20.7 | |
Medium used for genital cleaning (347) | Only water | 149 | 42.9 |
Soap and water | 198 | 57.1 | |
Use reusable sanitary pad (365) | Yes | 99 | 27.1 |
No | 266 | 72.9 | |
Medium used to wash reusable clothes (99) | Only Water | 5 | 5.2 |
Soap and water | 91 | 94.8 | |
Take bath during menstrual period (378) | Yes | 268 | 70.9 |
No | 110 | 29.1 | |
Frequency of bathing (268) | <= two times in a day | 164 | 61.2 |
> Two times in a day | 105 | 38.8 | |
Change sanitary pad at school (365) | Yes | 152 | 41.6 |
No | 213 | 58.4 | |
Dispose of used menstrual materials (365) | In toilet /toilet | 251 | 68.8 |
Open field | 21 | 5.8 | |
In waste bin | 64 | 17.5 | |
Burned | 17 | 4.7 | |
Others | 12 | 3.3 | |
Overall MHM Practice (378) | Good | 163 | 43.1 |
Poor | 215 | 56.9 |