Abstract

Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a bacterial infection found to be more prevalent among the adolescent girls than any other age groups. Therefore, a good promotional dissemination on UTI is important to convey accurate information to the society. Objectives of the study were to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) towards UTI among adolescent girl students and to assess the impact of structured education by means of self-designed questionnaire. Methods: A community based interventional study was carried out among the students in selected girl’s schools in Chitradurga city for a period of six months. Paired t-test was used to detect the association status of different variables. Results: The results implicated that out of 467 adolescent girls enrolled in the study, mean score regarding the knowledge on UTI in pre-test 4.78(±1.6) had increased to 10.87(±1.301) in post-test after intervention. Also 10th grade students (4.94(±1.89)) had higher level of knowledge than other grades. It was also observed that majority of the students were following unhealthy practices like drying the clothes under fan(21.17%), keeping the same napkin for long hours(76.75%) , improper perineal washing(97.29%), lack of menstrual hygienity, use of unsanitary napkins(5.99%) etc. After intervention they started following hygienic practices. Conclusion: The study has shown a prompt result in improving the knowledge through KAP. This signifies the need and importance of implementing various teaching programs for adolescent girls on various topics as it would help to improve knowledge and follow healthy practices to build a healthy nation.

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