Women’s health is considered to be the backbone of society. It is an important health factor among all women in India. Due to inadequate health practices, a chance of acquiring a wide range of gynaecological conditions such as leucorrhoea is of prevalence. With young women occupying a great portion of the population, an incentive to provide knowledge regarding leucorrhoea is imperative. Thus the researcher thought of assessing the knowledge and hygienic practices on Leucorrhea among general nursing students (GNM) which will facilitate the effective management of leucorrhea among GNM students. The study was conducted with 120 female students which were obtained from Lourdes School of Nursing in Kollam District using purposive sampling method; design used was correlational non-experimental design. The data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study shows that 5% (6) students have good knowledge, 80.3% (97) have average knowledge and 14.16% (17) have poor knowledge regarding leucorrhoea. The practice score was assessed using attitude scale 54.3% agreed to the statements and 45.7% disagreed. The correlation coefficient or r value is 0.943 which indicates there is positive correlation between knowledge and hygienic practices. In relation to knowledge of leucorrhoea among GNM students, The obtained chi-square value was less than the table value for the socio demographic variables like age, type of family, education of parents, occupation of parents and previous knowledge regarding leucorrhoea. Hence it was concluded that there was no association between knowledge scores with selected socio-demographic variables.
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