Menstrual Practice Needs Scale short form (MPNS-SF) and rapid (MPNS-R): development in Khulna, Bangladesh, and validation in cross-sectional surveys from Bangladesh and Uganda.

Julie HenneganMd Tanvir HasanTasfiyah JalilErin C Hunter Alexandra Head Abdul JabbarArifa Bente MohosinNigar Sultana ZohaMuhammad Khairul AlamLaura DunstanSabina AkterAfreen ZamanAdrita KaiserCalum SmithLillian BagalaPeter S Azzopardi

Published in: BMJ open (2024)

The MPNS-SF offers a reliable and valid measure of adolescent girls' menstrual hygiene experience while reducing participant burden, to support implementation and improve measurement in menstrual health research. The MPNS-R provides a brief measure with poorer structural validity, suited to short surveys and including menstrual health within broader research topics.

Keyphrases

cross sectional
healthcare
primary care
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quality improvement
mental health
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