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Evaluating the Effects of a Personal Hygiene Program on the Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes of Intellectual Disabilities Teenagers and their Parents
Author(s) -
Konuk Sener Dilek,
Aydin Meryem,
Cangur Sengul
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of policy and practice in intellectual disabilities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1741-1130
pISSN - 1741-1122
DOI - 10.1111/jppi.12277
Subject(s) - hygiene , personal hygiene , psychology , intellectual disability , clinical psychology , medicine , family medicine , psychiatry , pathology
To determine the effects of personal hygiene training on the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behavior of teenagers with mild intellectual disabilities (ID), this study employed a randomized controlled type, social cognitive theory design. A 10‐week, 10‐session program was given to the teenagers (17.38 ± 1.61 years) and their parent. Included in the program were activities covering the washing of hands/face/hair/body, oral hygiene/brushing teeth, clothing hygiene, and menstrual and genital hygiene. At the end of the program and again 3 months later, the personal hygiene habits of the teenagers were significantly improved compared to before the training program. Significantly positive changes were observed in hygiene habits compared to pretraining ( p < .001). Compared to pretraining, a significant increase occurred in the skill behavior demonstrated by the teenagers ( p < .001). Consequently, it is recommended that the program be implemented by healthcare professionals for all teenagers with mild ID and their parents.