Genital Health Status among Female Students Staying in a Dormitory of Students Loans and Dormitories Institution and Affecting Factors

Aim: The aim of the study was to assess the genitalhealth status among female students staying in adormitory of Students Loans and DormitoriesInstitution and affecting factors.Method: This descriptive study was conducted in adormitory of Students Loans and DormitoriesInstitution with the participation of 465 femalestudents on June 20-25, 2015. The research datawere collected through face-to-face interviews usinga Questionnaire on Genital Health Status amongFemale Students and Affecting Factors. These datawere analysed using numbers, percentages and chisquare significance tests in SPSS software.Findings: The mean age of the students was21.42±1.74. According to their statements, of therespondents, 60,6 % was taking a bath three timesa week, 41,2% was changing their underwear threetimes a week, 18,7 % wasn't taking bath duringmenstruation and 47,5% was using daily pads. Itwas seen that 72,7% of the students wasn'twashing their hands before going to the toilet and38,5% of them wasn't cleaning their genital areaproperly. The students reported that they hadburning sensation and pain during urination (69,7%), itchy, white, cottage cheese-like vaginaldischarge (72,9 %) and yellow or green colored,foul-smelling discharge (20,9 %) during the last oneyear period. The majority of the students havingvaginal discharge stated that they have not seen aphysician.Conclusion: It was found that the female studentsstaying in the dormitory experienced some problemsregarding genital health and hygiene