Menstrual Management Using a Mobile Application in Adolescent Girls With Mild Intellectual Disabilities

Launched by SELCUK UNIVERSITY · Jun 11, 2025

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ClinConnect Summary

When the existing literature is examined, it is seen that there are limited number of studies on menstruation management education. In the studies, menstrual hygiene education was given to mentally disabled adolescent girls in small groups with model dolls or videos on social media that were not prepared by experts. Although these studies show that menstrual hygiene education given to mentally disabled students is successful, they are limited to small sample groups. For adolescent girls with intellectual disabilities, the onset of menstruation affects their independence and creates addition...

Gender

FEMALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Diagnosed with mild intellectual disability
• • Menstrual cycle has started and menstruation is regular
• • Primary caregivers are mothers
• • Toilet-trained
• • Has the ability to stick an adhesive object to a surface and remove it from the surface
• • Have the ability to dress and undress
• • Have the ability to follow simple instructions
• • Adolescent girls and their mothers who have the ability to recognize the materials to be used will be included in the study.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Not willing to use the mobile application at any stage of the study
• • Participated in a different training on menstruation management while the research was ongoing
• • Not completing the education process
• • Not completing the data collection forms
• • Mentally disabled adolescent girls with moderate, severe and very severe intellectual disabilities and their mothers will be excluded from the study.