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The 18th World Congress on Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology & Infertility (COGİ), Viyana, Austria, 24 - 27 October 2013, pp.118, (Summary Text)
GYNECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF SINGLE ADOLESCENT FEMALE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE LEVEL ABOUT GYNECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS
Meltem Akbaş, Merve Yeğenoğlu, Burçe Yaldız, Zülfiye Tekin Taparlı
Objective: This study has been conducted in order to determine the gynecological problems of single adolescent female university students and their knowledge level about gynecological problems and use the results in the regulation of the formal and in-service training programs.
Method: Research has been conducted with 177 single adolescent female students who are determined by the method of random sampling in the Çukurova University campus and participated on a voluntary basis. Data were collected by face-to-face interview method and a questionnaire consisting of 41 questions of which 11 questions identify the students and 30 questions determine the gynecological problems and knowledge level about gynecological problems. Data were analyzed using SPSS for Windows 11.5.
Results: The average age of participants is 20.87. It is determined that of the students 56.5% live in city center, 39% live in the Mediterranean region, 39% have a primary school graduate mother, 35% have a high school graduate father, 95.5% have health insurance and 60.5% have a moderate income. When gynecological history of the participants are examined, it is obtained that of the participants 83.1% menstruate between the ages of 12 and 25, 37.9% experienced a sense of fear at most during their first menstruation, 71.8% experienced pain at most during the menstruation period, 57.6% solve their own problems during the menstruation period, 43.5% live stream problem, 34.5% have gynecological examination for any reason, 30.5% have gynecological examination fear, 78.5% acquired information about sexuality from their friends, 39.0% made self-breast examination, 20.9% learned breast examination from medical staff. Looking at the information level of the participants about gynecological problems, it is observed that 81.9% know acne in adolescents resulted from hormones, 67.8% know urinary tract infection can cause gynecological inflections, 71.8% know the reasons for using birth control pills and 14.7% know the reasons for not menstruating.
Conclusion: It is observed that students acquire sexual information from their friends at most, have fear of gynecological examination even though they have gynecological problem, are insufficent to receive medical help to prevent or treat gynecological problem and know the reason for gynecological problems in general. Education programs are recommended in order to provide training about the gynecological problems and measures to be taken, raise awareness of recognition, challenge of the problem and receiving medical help.
Keywords: adolescent, gynecological problems, student.