Open AccessKnowledge, Attitude and Awareness on Puberty Menorrhagia among Medical Students of Saveetha Medical College
Author(s) -
T. Sarathkumar,
Jayashree Krishnamurthy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pharmaceutical research international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-9119
DOI - 10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i50b33446
Subject(s) - medicine , positive attitude , statistical software , family medicine , obstetrics and gynaecology , statistical analysis , gynecology , medical education , psychology , pregnancy , social psychology , software engineering , biology , engineering , genetics , statistics , mathematics
Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitude and awareness on pubertal menorrhagia among medical students.
Design: It was a cross-sectional study conducted at the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Thandalam.
Methodology: The study was carried out on 129 students comprising of 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th year M.B.B.S students. The students were given a pretested questionnaire and asked to fill up the questions. The responses were collected and analysed using appropriate statistical tools for parametric and non-parametric data with the help of SPSS for Windows version 22 software.
Results: The knowledge of participants on pubertal menorrhagia was 58%. The participants that had a positive attitude concerning pubertal menorrhagia was 55% the awareness of participants on pubertal menorrhagia was 51%
Conclusion: The study concluded that there is a definitive knowledge of pubertal menorrhagia among students. the participants showed the palpable deficit of knowledge and awareness as well. To prevent such practices knowledge, awareness must spread among the students.