Menstrual Management Using a Mobile Application in Adolescent Girls With Mild Intellectual Disabilities

This form was developed through a literature review to be used in both "analysis" and "design" phases of the study. The form consists of two sections to determine the socio-demographic characteristics of mothers and daughters and the menstrual characteristics of the mentally disabled female adolescent. In the first part of the form in which socio-demographic characteristics were evaluated, there were 17 questions such as the age of the mother and daughter, education and employment status of the mother, while in the second part of the form in which menstrual characteristics of the mentally disabled female adolescent were evaluated, there were 11 questions about menstruation period and hygiene such as whether menarche started or not, whether menstrual cycle was regular or not, whether the mother gave education to her daughter about menstrual period and pad change or not.

This form was created according to the hand washing guide of the Ministry of Health to be used in the "implementation" phase of the study according to the ADDIE learning design model and in the experimental and control groups in the final phase of the study. The form includes 10 statements created in accordance with the hand hygiene steps in order to measure the hand hygiene skills of female adolescents.

This form was created through a literature review to be used in the "implementation" phase of the study according to the ADDIE learning design model and in the experimental and control groups in the final phase of the study. The form includes 17 statements created in accordance with the steps of changing pads in order to measure the menstrual care (pad change) skills of female adolescents. This form will be filled out by the mothers of female adolescents with intellectual disabilities four times in total: before the application, at the end of the first, third and eighth month after the girl started using the mobile application.

The Mobile Application Usability Scale was developed to evaluate the usability of a mobile application. It is a scale consisting of 10 factors with 4 items in each factor and 40 items in total. The scale ranges from 1 to 7 (1: Strongly Disagree, 2: Disagree, 3: Somewhat Disagree, 4: Undecided, 5: Somewhat Agree, 6: Agree, 7: Strongly Agree). There are no items that need to be reverse coded.

To measure the willingness to use a mobile application by users. The scale, which consists of a single factor and 6 items, ranges from 1 to 7 (1: Strongly Disagree, 2: Disagree, 3: Somewhat Disagree, 4: Undecided, 5: Somewhat Agree, 6: Agree, 7: Strongly Agree) Likert-type scale. There are no items that need to be reverse coded in the scale.

To determine users' usage loyalty for a mobile application. The scale, which consists of a single factor and 5 items, ranges from 1 to 7 (1: Strongly Disagree, 2: Disagree, 3: Somewhat Disagree, 4: Undecided, 5: Somewhat Agree, 6: Agree, 7: Strongly Agree). There are no items that need to be reverse coded.

VAS- satisfaction is a 10 cm long instrument. On the left end of the scale, 0=not satisfied at all and 10=very satisfied on the right end. A high score on the scale indicates a high level of satisfaction with menstruation management education, while a score of 0 indicates no satisfaction with menstruation management education.