The Effect of Web Based Genital Hygiene Education Provided to Orthopedically Disabled Women

A 15-Week Randomized Controlled Trial in Orthopedically Disabled Women

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of web-based genital hygiene education provided to orthopedically disabled women on self care agency and genital hygiene behaviors.

It was a randomized controlled trial. The women in the experimental group were given web-based genital hygiene education that continued for seven weeks. No intervention was applied to the women in the control group.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being orthopedically handicapped
• Being literate, being over the age of 18
• Having access to the internet
• Being able to use the internet/computer
• Being able to maintain genital hygiene individually.

Exclusion Criteria:

• The inability to use the internet
• Not being a member of the website
• Having mental retardation
• Being dependent on someone else to maintain genital hygiene (bedridden, with spasticity)
• No willing to complete the study.