An epidemiological study to find out the prevalence of RTI/STI and various factors associated with it among ever married women of reproductive age group in an urban slum community of Mumbai
| Autor: | Anita G Shenoy, Mangala M. Bote |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences. 13:09-15 |
| ISSN: | 2279-0853 2279-0861 |
| DOI: | 10.9790/0853-13340915 |
| Popis: | Background and objectives : Reproductive tract infection presents a huge burden of disease and adversely impacts reproductive health. A broad based study conducted in different part of the country revealed a prevalence of reproductive tract infections varying from 19 to 71%. Marked variations have been found in terms of pattern and level of morbidity. The present study was undertaken with the following Objectives: (1) To assess the prevalence of various reproductive tract infections among ever-married women aged 15- 49 years based on laboratory diagnosis. (2) To understand the influence of various factors on reproductive tract infections in women. Material and methods: A Community based epidemiological study was undertaken over a period of 6 months from September 2007 to February 2008 in an urban slum, field practice area of Urban Health Centre (UHC), Total 500 ever married women of reproductive age group (15-49 years), residing in study area for more than 1 year, were selected by systematic sampling technique. Information was collected on preformed, pre tested interview schedule by investigator. At the end of the interviews, each woman was given an appointment card to visit at the clinic (Urban Health Centre) were Per speculum examination was carried out and Samples (vaginal and cervical swab) were collected for laboratory investigation of RTI/STI Result: 50% of women in the study reported one or more RTI related symptoms, the various symptoms reported by women were Vaginal discharge (44.2%) Lower abdominal pain (13.6%) Lesion over genital area (1.0%) Inguinal swelling (0.8) . Total 466 women had undergone gynaecological examination and laboratory investigations. The prevalence of women with at least one RTI, based on laboratory diagnosis, was found to be 67.81% (316/466). The total number of positive tests being 505. Thus, the number of RTIs per woman was 1.59 (505/316). On Logistic regression analysis, Among different variables, prevalence of RTI was influenced by gravida status, place of delivery, IUD use and with history of RTI/STI in last three months. |
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