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Myths About Menstrual Personal Hygiene Among Female Adolescents, Tyas Diah Palupi, Terry Y.R. Pristya, Randy Novirsa
Myths About Menstrual Personal Hygiene Among Female Adolescents, Tyas Diah Palupi, Terry Y.R. Pristya, Randy Novirsa
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Poor personal hygiene during menstruation among adolescents can lead to urinary tract infection, reproductive tract infection, and skin irritation. This studyaimed to determine the relationship between belief in myths and personal hygiene during menstruation. Cross-sectional quantitative study was conductedusing a sample of 119 10th grade female students from Tangerang 13 State Senior High School selected through purposive sampling. Logistic regressionanalysis was used in this study to determine the relationship between myths and personal hygiene after age of menarche, attitude, socioeconomic status,information, and maternal education were controlled. In the bivariate selection, modeling was completed by entering confounding and interaction variablesthen reducing …