A Study on Reproductive Tract Infections among Women of Reproductive Age Group in Slums of Burdwan Municipal Area, West Bengal
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2018, Vol 17, Issue 4
Abstract
Aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of reproductive tract infections among women of reproductive age group in slums of Burdwan Municipal area by syndromic approach. Materials and method: All women of reproductive age group (15-49 yrs) were evaluated for inclusion in the present study with the following exclusion a)Women not willing to participate in the study. b)Pregnant women ,reported missed period or had given birth in the previous six weeks.c)Women who were seriously ill. The required samples of study subjects were selected through multistage sampling technique as follows. At first the list of the existing 144 slums was made and from this 10% of the slums were selected by simple random sampling method . This served as the sampling frame at the level of each identified slum. At this stage samples were collected by population proportionate to size sampling method; required samples from the listed slums varied from 7 to 77. At the final stage the desired number of subjects were collected from each slum using simple random sampling technique. Thus total 422 subjects were collected from the study population. a)A predesigned ,pre-tested , semi-structured schedule was developed with the help of a standard schedule for evaluation of the NACP constructed by WHO and adopted by the National AIDS Control (NACO) for BSS (Behaviour Surveillance Survey) Results: 42.1% of the total respondents (women of reproductive age group ) had any kind of reproductive tract infection in last twelve months. Out of 416 study subjects,42.1% had vaginal discharge syndrome,13.5% have lower abdominal pain syndrome, 0.5% have lesion over genital area and in 0.5 % inguinal swelling found. 57.9% were asymptomatic. Conclusion: The study on reproductive tract infections among women of reproductive age group in the municipal area of Burdwan assessed socio-economic characteristics, prevalence of reproductive tract infections by syndromic approach and knowledge regarding reproductive tract infections . The study also had the objective to find any association of reproductive tract infection with soci-demographic variables and health care seeking behavior of them.
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Dr. Anindita De, Dr. Pradip Kumar Ghosh, Dr. Debkumar Ray
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