The Effect of Social Media Use on Women's Symptom Relieving Practices for Genital Infection

Abstract

Merve Gul Sahin, Betul Ozen

Background: The aim of this descriptive and correlation study is to determine how the use of social media affect women’s symptom relieving practices for genital infections.

Methods: The sample of the study consisted of 315 women who applied to Erciyes University Health Application and Research Centre Gynaecology Outpatient Clinic and were diagnosed with genital infection between September and December 2019. The data were collected with the “Introductory Information Form”, “Genital Hygiene Behaviour Inventory”, “Information Form on Genital Infection/Symptom Relieving Practices and Use of Social Media”. The data were analysed in the IBM SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) v.22 software.

Results: Women with genital infection obtained 79.51 ± 9.59 points from the “Genital Hygiene Behaviour Inventory” and women who had a high level of education and spent money easily for their daily needs had higher mean scores from “Genital Hygiene Behaviour Inventory”.

Conclusion: Women who were previously diagnosed with genital infection and did not get information about genital infection obtained lower mean scores from “Genital Hygiene Behaviour Inventory”. Women who did not use social media obtained lower mean scores from “Genital Hygiene Behaviour Inventory”.

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