Genç Kadınların Vajinal Akıntıyı Algılama Durumu ve Vajinal Akıntıya Yönelik Geleneksel Uygulamaları

Year 2020, Volume: 9 Issue: 3, 272 - 279, 30.09.2020

Handan Özcan , Sevgi Arık , Ümmü Gülsüm Esen , Nazife Aslan

https://doi.org/10.37989/gumussagbil.733447

Cited By: 2

Abstract

Genç kadınların vajinal akıntıyı algılama düzeylerini ve vajinal akıntıya yönelik kullanılan geleneksel uygulamaları belirlemektir. Tanımlayıcı nitelikteki araştırmanın evrenini bir kamu üniversitesinde okuyan kadın öğrenciler (N=4622), örneklemini ise %95 güven aralığında belirlenen 355 kadın oluşturmaktadır. Araştırmaya dâhil edilme kriterlerini sağlayan toplam 285 (katılım oranı %80,28) kadınla çalışma yürütüldü. Veri toplama formu 4 bölümden ve toplam 46 sorudan oluşmaktadır. Gerekli kurum izinleri alındı ve uygun istatistiki yöntemler kullanıldı. Kadınların yaş ortalaması 20,88±1,52’dir. Çalışmada anormal vajinal akıntı görülme oranı %19,3’tür. Kadınlar arasında vajinal akıntı şikâyetleri için geleneksel yöntem kullanma oranı %14,2’dir. Anormal akıntı için kullanılan geleneksel yöntemler; soğan sarımsak maydanoz suyu içmek (%14,7), vajene (hazneye) pamuk yada bez yerleştirmek (%11,2), soğan, maydanoz, ısırgan, papatya kaynatıp vajeni yıkamak (%2,5), sirke, soda yada limon suyu ile vajeni silmek (%0,9), hazneye sarımsak yerleştirmektir (%1,8). Geleneksel yöntemleri kullanan kadınların %12,6’sı yöntemin etkili olduğunu belirtti. Genitoüriner yol enfeksiyonları için kullanılan geleneksel uygulamaların değerlendirilmesi, etkinliği, zararı, maliyeti gibi sonuçların ele alınması, bölgesel ve daha fazla araştırmaların yapılması önerilmektedir.

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Kadın, vajinal akıntı, geleneksel uygulamalar

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Young Women' Perception of Vaginal Discharge and Traditional Practices for Vaginal Discharge

Abstract

To determine the level of perception of young women for vaginal discharge and traditional practices used for vaginal discharge. Women students (N=4622) who study the universe of a descriptive research at a public university are sampled, and the sample is 355 women determined within the 95% confidence interval. The study was conducted with a total of 285 (participation rate 80.28%) women who met the inclusion criteria. The data collection form consists of 4 sections and 46 questions in total. Necessary institution permissions were obtained and appropriate statistical methods were used. The average age of women is 20.88±1.52. The rate of abnormal vaginal discharge seen in the study is 19.3%. The rate of using traditional methods for complaints of vaginal discharge among women is 14.2%. Traditional methods used for abnormal discharge; drinking onion garlic parsley juice (14.7%), putting cotton or cloth in the vagina (chamber) (11.2%), boiling onion, parsley, nettle, chamomile and washing the vagina (2.5%), wiping the vagina with vinegar, soda or lemon juice (0.9%) is to put garlic in the bowl (1.8%). 12.6% of women using traditional methods stated that the method is effective. It is recommended to evaluate the traditional applications used for genitourinary tract infections, to consider the results such as effectiveness, harm, cost, and to conduct regional and more researches.

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Woman, vaginal discharge, traditional practices

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