Participants in the intervention group received a structured, face-to-face, half-day education based on Bandura's Social Learning Theory. The training included verbal explanation, modeling, interactive games, tactile materials, and audio-described educational videos. The content focused on menstrual symptoms, genital hygiene behaviors, and menstrual self-care skills. Education was designed to be accessible for visually impaired participants.

Participants in the control group did not receive any training. Only data collection was performed using the same forms and at the same time points as the intervention group. They were blinded to group allocation.

This is a structured, face-to-face menstrual and hygiene education program based on Bandura's Social Learning Theory, developed for visually impaired young women. The intervention aims to improve menstrual self-care skills, genital hygiene behaviors, and symptom management. The training includes verbal instruction, modeling, reinforcement techniques, tactile materials, and audio-described educational videos. Interactive games and small-group activities (max 4 participants) are used to support engagement and skill development. Each session lasts approximately half a day (3-4 hours). Educational content was reviewed by experts and piloted for accessibility. The program addresses cognitive, behavioral, and sensory learning needs to support independent menstrual hygiene management in visually impaired women.

Developed by Chesney and Tasto (1975) to assess menstrual pain and symptoms, the scale was updated by Negriff et al. (2009) by re-evaluating its factor structure and usability in adolescents. Turkish validity and reliability were established by Güvenç et al. (2014). The scale is a 5-point Likert-type scale consisting of 22 items. Participants are asked to rate their menstrual symptoms on a scale of 1 (never) to 5 (always). The scale consists of three sub-dimensions: Negative Effects/Somatic Complaints (Items 1-13), Menstrual Pain Symptoms (Items 14-19), and Coping Mechanisms (Items 20-22). The lowest possible score is 22, and the highest is 110. The average of the total scores obtained from the items on the scale provides the scale score. An increase in the average score indicates an increase in the severity of menstrual symptoms. The score obtained from the sub-dimensions of the scale is calculated by calculating the average total score of the item

Genital Hygiene Behavior Scale Developed by Karahan in 2017, this scale measures women's genital hygiene behaviors. It consists of three sub-dimensions: "General Hygiene " (12 items), "Menstrual Hygiene" (8 items), and " abnormal finding awareness" (3 items). The minimum scale score is 23, and the maximum is 115. The scale has 23 items, using a five-point Likert scale. Items are rated from "strongly agree = 5" to "strongly disagree = 1". As the score on the scale increases, the rate at which women exhibit correct genital hygiene behavior also increases. The Cronbach's alpha values for the scale are 0.80 for "Genital Hygiene Behaviors Scale", 0.70 for "Genital Hygiene Habits", 0.74 for "Menstrual Hygiene", and 0.8 for " abnormal finding awareness", respectively (Karahan, 2017).

The researcher prepared this skills checklist based on the literature. It consists of three sections: Menstruation Tracking Skills, Pad Changing Skills, and Genital Hygiene Skills. "No" is scored as "0", "Partially knowing" as "1", and "Yes" as "2". Expert evaluation was obtained to assess the content validity of the checklists.

Menstruation Tracking Skills; There are 7 items related to knowing the signs that menstruation, determine the day menstruation will begin, knowing the duration of menstrual bleeding, the frequency of menstruation, monitoring bleeding, and noticing pad fullness. The Pad Changing Skill consists of eight items in total. The steps are: removing the soiled pad from the underwear, removing and discarding the packaging of the clean pad, placing the clean pad into the underwear, and securing it to the underwear. Genital Hygiene Skills; This section includes seven items related to hand washing and genital cleaning.