Menstruation Characteristics, Pain and Genital Hygiene Behaviours in Individuals with Autism: A Preliminary Study

Seda Ayaz Taş; Seda Yakıt Yeşilyurt; Zehra Mecit; Eda Mert; Semih Yıldız

Makale detayları

Menstruation Characteristics, Pain and Genital Hygiene Behaviours in Individuals with Autism: A Preliminary Study

Yazarlar:

Seda Ayaz Taş | Seda Yakıt Yeşilyurt | Zehra Mecit | Eda Mert | Semih Yıldız

Yayıncı:

Gumushane University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sağlığın Geliştirilmesi

Dergi:

Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi Vol.14 Issue 3, pp.1177-1185

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001358859

pISSN:

2146-9954

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Özet:

 Difficulties such as somatic complaints experienced by women with Autism Spectrum Disorder ASD due to autism may be affected by the menstrual cycle. We aimed to investigate menstruation pain, genital hygiene behaviours and menstrual characteristics of women with ASD. Thirty-five individuals 16 individuals with ASD and 19 healthy controls aged 12-35 were included in this cross-sectional study. The inclusion criteria were having an ASD diagnosis and menstruation for the experimental group and having menstruation for the control group. The assessment included the classification of motor functions with Gross Motor Function Classification System, pain information with Visual Analog Scale, menstrual symptoms with Menstrual Symptom Questionnaire MSQ and genital hygiene behaviours with Genital Hygiene Behaviour Scale GHBS. Chi-square tests were used to determine whether there was a difference in terms of categorical variables. The t test was used to compare two independent groups. There was no significant difference between the groups in the total and subscale scores of the GHBS and the MSQ p0.05. As a result, it was observed that there were similarities between women with ASD and healthy women in terms of the pain, hygiene, and general characteristics of during their menstrual periods. The ability of women with ASD to identify somatic complaints and pain during menstruation may be reduced. As a result, this may be due to individuals with ASD and their parents not being able to distinguish the physical complaints experienced during menstruation from the physical complaints experienced at other times, alternatively, because these complaints are ignored. Dr. Öğr. Üyesi, Seda AYAZ TAŞ, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University Faculty of Health Sciences Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department, ptsedaayaztasgmail.com, ORCID: 0000-0002-2778-0065 Dr. Öğr. Üyesi, Seda YAKIT YEŞİLYURT, Fizyoterapi ve Rehabilitasyon, İzmir Ekonomi Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Fizyoterapi ve Rehabilitasyon Bölümü, sedayakit01gmail.com, ORCID: 0000-0002-2522-6474 Uzm Fzt, Zehra MECİT, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University Postgraduate Education Institute, zehramecit0gmail.com, ORCID: 0009-0003-6176-2340 Fzt, Eda MERT, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University Postgraduate Education Institute, edadoganmertgmail.com, ORCID: 0009-0006-7310-4523 Fzt, Semih YILDIZ, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University Postgraduate Education Institute, semihyildizboluhotmail.com, ORCID: 0009-0006-3674-6949.

 Difficulties such as somatic complaints experienced by women with Autism Spectrum Disorder ASD due to autism may be affected by the menstrual cycle. We aimed to investigate menstruation pain, genital hygiene behaviours and menstrual characteristics of women with ASD. Thirty-five individuals 16 individuals with ASD and 19 healthy controls aged 12-35 were included in this cross-sectional study. The inclusion criteria were having an ASD diagnosis and menstruation for the experimental group and having menstruation for the control group. The assessment included the classification of motor functions with Gross Motor Function Classification System, pain information with Visual Analog Scale, menstrual symptoms with Menstrual Symptom Questionnaire MSQ and genital hygiene behaviours with Genital Hygiene Behaviour Scale GHBS. Chi-square tests were used to determine whether there was a difference in terms of categorical variables. The t test was used to compare two independent groups. There was no significant difference between the groups in the total and subscale scores of the GHBS and the MSQ p0.05. As a result, it was observed that there were similarities between women with ASD and healthy women in terms of the pain, hygiene, and general characteristics of during their menstrual periods. The ability of women with ASD to identify somatic complaints and pain during menstruation may be reduced. As a result, this may be due to individuals with ASD and their parents not being able to distinguish the physical complaints experienced during menstruation from the physical complaints experienced at other times, alternatively, because these complaints are ignored. Dr. Öğr. Üyesi, Seda AYAZ TAŞ, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University Faculty of Health Sciences Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department, ptsedaayaztasgmail.com, ORCID: 0000-0002-2778-0065 Dr. Öğr. Üyesi, Seda YAKIT YEŞİLYURT, Fizyoterapi ve Rehabilitasyon, İzmir Ekonomi Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Fizyoterapi ve Rehabilitasyon Bölümü, sedayakit01gmail.com, ORCID: 0000-0002-2522-6474 Uzm Fzt, Zehra MECİT, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University Postgraduate Education Institute, zehramecit0gmail.com, ORCID: 0009-0003-6176-2340 Fzt, Eda MERT, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University Postgraduate Education Institute, edadoganmertgmail.com, ORCID: 0009-0006-7310-4523 Fzt, Semih YILDIZ, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University Postgraduate Education Institute, semihyildizboluhotmail.com, ORCID: 0009-0006-3674-6949.

 Difficulties such as somatic complaints experienced by women with Autism Spectrum Disorder ASD due to autism may be affected by the menstrual cycle. We aimed to investigate menstruation pain, genital hygiene behaviours and menstrual characteristics of women with ASD. Thirty-five individuals 16 individuals with ASD and 19 healthy controls aged 12-35 were included in this cross-sectional study. The inclusion criteria were having an ASD diagnosis and menstruation for the experimental group and having menstruation for the control group. The assessment included the classification of motor functions with Gross Motor Function Classification System, pain information with Visual Analog Scale, menstrual symptoms with Menstrual Symptom Questionnaire MSQ and genital hygiene behaviours with Genital Hygiene Behaviour Scale GHBS. Chi-square tests were used to determine whether there was a difference in terms of categorical variables. The t test was used to compare two independent groups. There was no significant difference between the groups in the total and subscale scores of the GHBS and the MSQ p0.05. As a result, it was observed that there were similarities between women with ASD and healthy women in terms of the pain, hygiene, and general characteristics of during their menstrual periods. The ability of women with ASD to identify somatic complaints and pain during menstruation may be reduced. As a result, this may be due to individuals with ASD and their parents not being able to distinguish the physical complaints experienced during menstruation from the physical complaints experienced at other times, alternatively, because these complaints are ignored. Dr. Öğr. Üyesi, Seda AYAZ TAŞ, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University Faculty of Health Sciences Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department, ptsedaayaztasgmail.com, ORCID: 0000-0002-2778-0065 Dr. Öğr. Üyesi, Seda YAKIT YEŞİLYURT, Fizyoterapi ve Rehabilitasyon, İzmir Ekonomi Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Fizyoterapi ve Rehabilitasyon Bölümü, sedayakit01gmail.com, ORCID: 0000-0002-2522-6474 Uzm Fzt, Zehra MECİT, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University Postgraduate Education Institute, zehramecit0gmail.com, ORCID: 0009-0003-6176-2340 Fzt, Eda MERT, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University Postgraduate Education Institute, edadoganmertgmail.com, ORCID: 0009-0006-7310-4523 Fzt, Semih YILDIZ, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University Postgraduate Education Institute, semihyildizboluhotmail.com, ORCID: 0009-0006-3674-6949.

 Otizm Spektrum Bozukluğu OSB olan kadınların otizme bağlı olarak yaşadıkları somatik şikayetler gibi zorluklar menstrüel döngüden etkilenebilir. OSBli kadınların menstrüasyon ağrısı, genital hijyen davranışları ve menstrüel özelliklerini araştırmayı amaçladık. Bu kesitsel çalışmaya yaşları 12-35 arasında değişen 35 birey 16 OSBli birey ve 19 sağlıklı kontrol dahil edilmiştir. Çalışmaya dahil edilme kriterleri; deney grubu için ASD tanısı almış olması ve adet görüyor olması, kontrol grubu için adet görüyor olmasıydı. Değerlendirmede motor fonksiyonlar Kaba Motor Fonksiyon Sınıflandırma Sistemi ile, ağrı Görsel Analog Skala ile, menstrüel semptomlar Menstrüel Semptom Anketi MSQ ile ve genital hijyen davranışları Genital Hijyen Davranış Ölçeği GHBS ile sınıflandırılmıştır. GHBS ve MSQ toplam ve alt ölçek puanlarında gruplar arasında anlamlı bir fark bulunmamıştır p0.05. Sonuç olarak, OSBli kadınlar ile sağlıklı kadınlar arasında adet dönemlerindeki ağrı, hijyen ve genel özellikler açısından benzerlikler olduğu görülmüştür. OSBli kadınların menstrüasyon sırasındaki somatik şikayetleri ve ağrıyı tanımlama becerileri azalmış olabilir. Sonuç olarak, bu durum OSBli bireylerin ve ebeveynlerinin menstrüasyon sırasında yaşanan fiziksel şikayetleri diğer zamanlarda yaşanan fiziksel şikayetlerden ayırt edememesinden ya da alternatif olarak bu şikayetlerin göz ardı edilmesinden kaynaklanıyor olabilir. Dr. Öğr. Üyesi, Seda AYAZ TAŞ, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University Faculty of Health Sciences Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department, ptsedaayaztasgmail.com, ORCID: 0000-0002-2778-0065 Dr. Öğr. Üyesi, Seda YAKIT YEŞİLYURT, Fizyoterapi ve Rehabilitasyon, İzmir Ekonomi Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi Fizyoterapi ve Rehabilitasyon Bölümü, sedayakit01gmail.com, ORCID: 0000-0002-2522-6474 Uzm Fzt, Zehra MECİT, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University Postgraduate Education Institute, zehramecit0gmail.com, ORCID: 0009-0003-6176-2340 Fzt, Eda MERT, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University Postgraduate Education Institute, edadoganmertgmail.com, ORCID: 0009-0006-7310-4523 Fzt, Semih YILDIZ, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University Postgraduate Education Institute, semihyildizboluhotmail.com, ORCID: 0009-0006-3674-6949.

Makale detayları

Menstruation Characteristics, Pain and Genital Hygiene Behaviours in Individuals with Autism: A Preliminary Study

Yazarlar:

Seda Ayaz Taş | Seda Yakıt Yeşilyurt | Zehra Mecit | Eda Mert | Semih Yıldız

Yayıncı:

Gumushane University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sağlığın Geliştirilmesi

Dergi:

Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi Vol.14 Issue 3, pp.1177-1185

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001358859

pISSN:

2146-9954

Otizm spektrum bozukluğu

Dismenore

Hijyen

Kadın sağlığıDismenore

Hijyen

Kadın sağlığı

otizim spektrum bozukluğu

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Seda Ayaz Taş | Seda Yakıt Yeşilyurt | Zehra Mecit | Eda Mert | Semih Yıldız

Yayıncı: Gumushane University

Ana Başlıklar: Sağlığın Geliştirilmesi

Dergi: Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi Vol.14 Issue 3, pp.1177-1185

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 9/2025

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001358859

pISSN: 2146-9954

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Seda Ayaz Taş | Seda Yakıt Yeşilyurt | Zehra Mecit | Eda Mert | Semih Yıldız

Yayıncı:

Gumushane University

Ana Başlıklar:

Sağlığın Geliştirilmesi

Dergi:

Gümüşhane Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi Vol.14 Issue 3, pp.1177-1185

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001358859

pISSN:

2146-9954