International Journal of Women's Health Care(IJWHC)

Ministry of Health, Kayseri City Hospital, Turkey

Publications

• Research Article   
  The Effect of Social Media Use on Women's Symptom Relieving Practices for Genital Infection
  Author(s): Merve Gul Sahin* and 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 .. Read More»
  

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