Genital Hygiene Education and Pregnancy

Considering that behaviors regarding genital hygiene are established from an early age, it is important to objectively determine risky behaviors in young women who are not yet sexually active in order to take precautions for improving genital hygiene.In this way, many negative outcomes that may occur during the fertile period and are directly related to genital infections, such as infertility, abortion, and the threat of premature birth,can be prevented.On the other hand, it would be useful to use an objective, valid, and reliable measurement tool in determining the relationship between genital hygiene behaviors in women and situations such as the threat of premature birth, premature rupture of membranes, and postpartum infection.The primary outcome of this study is to determine the genital hygiene behaviors of the hygiene education given to women who have previously had urinary tract infections.For this purpose, the General Hygiene Habit and Abnormal Finding Awareness scale was used.

Self-care is the activities initiated and carried out by an individual to protect, maintain and improve their life, health and well-being. According to Orem, self-care needs are divided into three groups: universal, developmental and self-care needs in deviations from health. Universal needs are special care behaviors that occur at different developmental levels of the individual, such as infancy, childhood and pregnancy. Pregnancy is also a developmental condition and is a subject that should be examined separately due to its importance. During pregnancy, a woman may need help if her health deteriorates and she cannot meet her care needs. It is important to use an objective, valid and reliable measurement tool in determining the relationship between the self-care of pregnant women and conditions such as urinary system infections. In this study, self-care power was determined as a secondary outcome and the self-care power scale was used to determine the effect of hygiene training give