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Research Paper | Nursing | India | Volume 12 Issue 9, September 2023
Strengthen Teenage Girls' Awareness of Home Remedies for Menstrual Cramps or Pain Relief: A Study on Knowledge Level and Demographic Factors
Shreya Sharma [4] | Jasmi Manu [6]
Abstract: The menstruation cycle aids every girl to prepare their bodies for pregnancy every month. A lot of girls experience menstrual cramps or pain which is caused by the hormone called prostaglandins, a chemical a girl?s body produces to allow muscles to help push the blood out through a girl?s vagina at the time of her period. The study concluded that home remedies can help reduce the level of discomfort due to menstrual cramps or pain and implementing this knowledge regarding the home remedies is quite essential. The present study aimed to assess the knowledge of adolescent girls regarding home remedies to relieve Menstrual cramps or pain and to identify the association of knowledge of adolescent girls regarding home remedies to relieve Menstrual cramps or pain with selected demographic variables. A descriptive research design was adopted and purposive sampling was used to select 100 teenage girls from a selected intermediate college, Kanpur, U. P. After the data organization and analysis in terms of descriptive and inferential statistics, the finding revealed that 15 (15%) had low, 76 (76%) had moderate, and 9 (9%) had a high level of knowledge. The study concludes that a maximum number of teenage girls had sufficient knowledge but complete knowledge is always fruitful.
Keywords: Knowledge, Home Remedies, Menstrual Cramps or Pain, and Teenage Girls
Edition: Volume 12 Issue 9, September 2023,
Pages: 1120 - 1125