--- title: Can education improve understanding and management of PMS in blind teenage girls? description: Yes. After receiving an educational guideline about PMS, blind adolescent girls showed significant improvements in knowledge, daily care practices, and pain a url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/awareness-of-blind-adolescent-girl-students-regarding-premenstrual-syndromes-2016/ --- - [Niyora](https://niyora.com/) - [Research](https://niyora.com/research/) - [Library](https://niyora.com/research/library/) - Can education improve understanding and management of PMS in blind teenage girls? Guideline, 2016 # Can education improve understanding and management of PMS in blind teenage girls? Yes. After receiving an educational guideline about PMS, blind adolescent girls showed significant improvements in knowledge, daily care practices, and pain and anxiety relief. Moderate study design 80 blind adolescent girls in Egypt; mean age 15.9 ± 2.3 years ## What they did Quasi-experimental study with 80 blind adolescent girls in Egypt. Before and after teaching them about PMS, researchers measured their knowledge, daily care practices, pain severity, and anxiety levels using questionnaires, checklists, and rating scales. ## What they found Significant improvements were found in knowledge and practices (perineal care, cleaning methods, pad use, pad disposal, drying methods) between pre-teaching and post-teaching assessments. Pain and anxiety relief methods such as warm compress and exercises also improved. ## What it means for you Educational programs can help blind teenage girls better understand and manage their periods and PMS symptoms. The study was small and at one school, so results may not apply everywhere. 80 Number of participants 15.9 ± 2.3 Mean age in years ## About the study Original title Awareness of Blind Adolescent Girl Students Regarding Premenstrual Syndromes: Outcomes of Educational Guideline Authors Asmaa Nasr Elden Mosbeh, Sahar Sedky Faheim, Rasha M. Hassan Journal Egyptian Journal of Health Care Year 2016 Study design Guideline What was tested Educational guideline on PMS knowledge and management Open access Yes Read the paper [doi.org/10.21608/ejhc.2016.104838](https://doi.org/10.21608/ejhc.2016.104838) Original abstract Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the outcomes of educational guideline on awareness ofblind adolescent girl students regarding premenstrual syndromes. Subjects and Methods: Aquasi-experimental design was utilized in this study, that was conducted at Blind School in BenhaInstitute. A purposive sample of 80 blind adolescent girl students from the previously mentionedsetting. The following study tools were used(pre/posttests): 1) Students‘ interviewingquestionnaire to assess their knowledge as regards premenstrual syndromes. 2) An observationalchecklist to evaluate studied students‘ practices such as perineal care. 3) Numerical pain scale toassess pain severity level. 4) Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale to assess anxiety level. Results: Themean age of adolescent girls was 15.9 ± 2.3 years. There was significant differences regardingknowledge and practices (perineal care, methods of cleaning, use of pads, dispose of pad andmethods of drying), pain and anxiety relieve (e.g warm compress and exercises) aboutpremenstrual syndromes between pre, post and follow up educational guideline. Conclusion: Thepresent study concluded that, the educational guideline had a positive effect on awareness of blindadolescent girl students regarding premenstrual syndromes. Recommendations: Further studiesshould be carried out on a large number of such group of students for evidence of the results andgeneralization. Reproduced under CC-BY. ## Topics [Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Anxiety and tension](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-anxiety/)[Pain and headache](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-pain/)[Students and academic performance](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-education/)[Adolescents and young people](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-adolescents/)[Stigma, attitudes and culture](https://niyora.com/research/topics/life-area-stigma-culture/) Research tells you what helps on average. Niyora helps on the day it hits. Calm down, see it another way, and decide what to say, with a PMS and PMDD app built by a doctor. ## Related studies Survey study, 2025 What are the most common premenstrual symptoms among adolescent girls in Chandigarh? 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