scholarly journals Socio-demographic Characteristics of Women having Vaginal Discharge Attending a Military Hospital

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-185
Author(s):  
Shamima Yasmin ◽  
Nasrin Ara Zaman ◽  
Farzana Zafreen
Keyword(s):  
Vaginal Discharge ◽  
Reproductive Tract ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Lower Abdominal Pain ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Medical Intervention ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Military Hospital ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Cross Sectional

Introduction: Vaginal discharge is the commonest concern among women and leads many women to visit Gynaecology OPD. It is a normal part of women reproductive cycle, unless it causes itching, burning or other bothersome symptoms. Association between vaginal discharge and reproductive tract is weak. Psychological factors also contribute in vaginal discharge. So the problem of vaginal discharge can be best understood not only in bio-medical perspective but also in socio-cultural perspective. Proper understanding of the subject is required for appropriate medical intervention and bringing awareness among women. Objectives: To determine prevalence of vaginal discharge, the socio-demographic factors associated with it, women’s perceptions of vaginal discharge and their treatment seeking behaviour. Materials and Methods: This cross sectional study was performed at outpatients’ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Combined Military Hospital, Chattogram from January 2016 to January 2017. Total 150 women with complains of vaginal discharge were interviewed with questionnaire. Results: Most of the patients63(42%) belong to 25-34 age group, 86(57.3%) had poor sanitation facilities and 126(84%) used cloth pads during menstrual period. Many of them had backache 64(42.6%) followed by itching, bad smell 48(32%) and lower abdominal pain 15(10%). Most of the cases 98(65.3%) were multiparous. Conclusion: To diminish the problem of vaginal discharge women should improve their health knowledge, empower economic status, maintain personal hygiene. Further study is needed for better outcome. Journal of Armed Forces Medical College Bangladesh Vol.14 (2) 2018: 183-185

scholarly journals Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of vaginal discharge among married women of reproductive age group at a teaching hospital

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 4840
Author(s):  
Indira Guntoory ◽  
Narasinga R. Tamaraba ◽  
Lakshmana R. Nambaru ◽  
Alina S. Kalavakuri
Keyword(s):  
Tract Infection ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Vaginal Discharge ◽  
Reproductive Tract ◽  
Lower Abdominal Pain ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Reproductive Tract Infection

Background: Vaginal discharge is the commonest reproductive tract infection among rural women in many community based studies in India. Recent evidence shows that the association between vaginal discharge and reproductive tract infection is weak. Psychosocial factors also contribute to vaginal discharge. So, the problem of vaginal discharge can be best understood not only in the biomedical perspective but also in the socio-cultural perspective. Proper understanding of this problem helps in initiating appropriate medical education programmes and framing health policies. This study is aimed to determine the prevalence of vaginal discharge, the socio demographic factors associated with it, women’s perceptions of vaginal discharge and their treatment seeking behaviour.Methods: This is a hospital based cross sectional study conducted in the outpatient department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, MIMS, Nellimarla, Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh. Women with the complaint of vaginal discharge were interviewed with a pretested questionnaire and sociodemographic details, details of obstetric history and contraceptive practices, personal and menstrual hygiene were noted. Statistical analysis of the significance of association of different variables was done.Results: The prevalence of vaginal discharge was found to be 28.99%. Its prevalence was found to be more in the younger age group, illiterate, women belonging to lower socioeconomic status and those who were married at less than 18 years of age. History of induced abortion, home deliveries, permanent method of sterilization, availability of toilet facility at home were significantly associated with vaginal discharge. Lower abdominal pain, dysuria and backache were the most prevalent co-morbidities with vaginal discharge.Conclusions: Improvement of the literacy rate, economic status and women’s empowerment will help to mitigate the problem of vaginal discharge.

GAMBARAN TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN PERSONAL HYGIENE TENTANG MENSTRUASI PADA SISWI SMP

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 8-15
Author(s):  
Zaim Ashari
Keyword(s):  
Blood Vessels ◽  
Vaginal Discharge ◽  
Reproductive Tract ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Reproductive Organs ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hygiene Behavior

During menstruation blood vessels in the uterus are very easily infected because germs easily enter and cause diseases of the reproductive tract. Some of the most common disorders are vaginal discharge and pruritus vulvae (vaginal itching). However, this complaint can be prevented by maintaining the cleanliness of the female organs early on, namely with good menstrual personal hygiene. This study aims to describe the level of personal hygiene knowledge about menstruation. This research is a descriptive study with a cross-sectional approach, with a total sample of 90 people taken by total sampling technique. The results showed that the majority of respondents had enough personal hygiene behavior as many as 82 people (91.1%), while good menstrual personal hygiene behavior was 3 people (3.3%), and respondents who had behaviors classified as less than 5 people ( 5.6%). Based on complaints on reproductive organs, respondents who experienced vaginal discharge were 85 people (94.4%) and itching around the genitals was around 83 people (92.2%).

scholarly journals GAMBARAN TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN PERSONAL HYGIENE TENTANG MENSTRUASI PADA SISWI SMP

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 8-15
Author(s):  
Zaim Anshari
Keyword(s):  
Blood Vessels ◽  
Vaginal Discharge ◽  
Reproductive Tract ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Reproductive Organs ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hygiene Behavior

During menstruation blood vessels in the uterus are very easily infected because germs easily enter and cause diseases of the reproductive tract. Some of the most common disorders are vaginal discharge and pruritus vulvae (vaginal itching). However, this complaint can be prevented by maintaining the cleanliness of the female organs early on, namely with good menstrual personal hygiene. This study aims to describe the level of personal hygiene knowledge about menstruation. This research is a descriptive study with a cross-sectional approach, with a total sample of 90 people taken by total sampling technique. The results showed that the majority of respondents had enough personal hygiene behavior as many as 82 people (91.1%), while good menstrual personal hygiene behavior was 3 people (3.3%), and respondents who had behaviors classified as less than 5 people ( 5.6%). Based on complaints on reproductive organs, respondents who experienced vaginal discharge were 85 people (94.4%) and itching around the genitals was around 83 people (92.2%).

FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG BERHUBUNGAN DENGAN PERILAKU HIGIENE PERORANGAN PADA PEKERJA PENGEPUL SAMPAH DI WILAYAH KOTA YOGYAKARTA

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wahyu Purwaningsih ◽  
Surahma Asti Mulasari
Keyword(s):  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Bivariate Analysis ◽  
P Value ◽  
Knowledge Level ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Level Variable ◽  
Attitude Variable ◽  
Yogyakarta City

ABSTRACTBackground : Increasing of populations will be caused the amount of garbage that is resulting. Waste management is closely related to garbage collectors. So it needs to be consider personal hygiene garbage collectors. Personal hygiene is the self-care of a personal nature and it determined by variety of factors, it is including the values and individual practices. The factors that influence personal hygiene one of which is knowledge, because knowledge that can improve health. Knowledge related to education and attitudes it can be influenced by gender. This study aims to determine the factors related to personal hygiene of garbage collectors at Yogyakarta city. Methods : The type of the research was observational analytic with Cross Sectional design. The samples in this study were garbage collectors at Yogyakarta city amounted to 45 respondents. The data collection was done by distributing questionnaires about knowledge level, attitude, and personal hygiene. The study used univariate and bivariate analysis namely Chi Square test. Results : Based on the results bivariate analysis that there was a significant correlation of knowledge level variable and attitude variable with the personal hygiene with each of their p-value was 0,009 and 0,031 while for the gender variable and education level there was no significant correlation with the personal hygiene with a p-value of 0,899 and 0,879. Coclusion : Based on the results and analysis it can be concluded in this study that, there was a correlation between the knowledge level variable and attitude variable with the personal hygiene and there was no correlation between the gender variable and education level with the personal hygiene.

scholarly journals Per-vaginal Findings among the Women with Pelvic Inflammatory Diseases at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Dhaka City

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-93
Author(s):  
Tahamina Khanum ◽  
Nasima Begum ◽  
Kazi Mobina Akhter
Keyword(s):  
Vaginal Discharge ◽  
Inflammatory Diseases ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Lower Abdominal Pain ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Perineal Tear ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Major Health Problem ◽  
Cervical Motion ◽  
Cervical Motion Tenderness

Background: Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a major health problem for adult female. Women presented with pelvic inflammatory diseases give different per-vaginal findings. So we designed this study to assess the per-vaginal findings among the women presented with pelvic inflammatory diseases.Objective: The purpose of the present study was to measure the pervaginal findings among the women with PID.Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Dhaka Medical College & Hospital, Dhaka during January to June 2007. Women in the age group of 15−45 years presented with lower abdominal pain, tenderness, per-vaginal discharge and cervical motion tenderness were included in this study. After taking verbal consent from the patients, a pre-designed data collection sheet was filled in after per-vaginal examination.Results: The study was done on 50 cases, of which 20% patients had 1st degree perineal tear, 6% had utero-vaginal prolapse and 24% had foul-smelling vaginal discharge. Majority (90%) patients had healthy vagina. Ninety percent patients had anteverted uterus; and uterus was mobile in 60% cases. Cervical motion tenderness was present in 44% cases, tenderness of fornix was found in 34% cases and thickening of fornix was found in 22%.Conclusion: In this study first degree perineal tear, foul smelling vaginal discharge and cervical motion tenderness are the commonest findings among the women presented with pelvic inflammatory diseases.J Enam Med Col 2018; 8(2): 90-93

scholarly journals Socio-demographic Characteristics of Women with Reproductive Tract Infection Attending a Military Hospital

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 218-220
Author(s):  
ABM Belayet Hossain ◽  
Quazi Md Rashid Un Nabi ◽  
Md Julfikkar Alam ◽  
Sheikh Shahidul Islam ◽  
Shaikh Mohammad Edi Ameen
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Tract ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Military Hospital ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Women Of Reproductive Age ◽  
Reproductive Tract Infection ◽  
Tract Infections

Introduction: Reproductive tract infections (RTIs) are being increasingly recognized as a serious global health problem with impact on individual women and men, their families and communities. RTIs are a group of disease that cause infection of the genital tract and include both those that are sexually transmitted and those that are not. RTIs are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in both men and women, especially in women of reproductive age. Objectives: To determine the socio-demographic characteristics among women with RTIs attending at gynecology outpatient department, CMH, Dhaka. Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out with a view to find out the socio-demographic characteristics of women with RTIs and their common clinical presentations. The study was conducted among women of reproductive age group of Bangladesh Armed Forces attending at Gynecology OPD, CMH Dhaka, for the period of 1st march to 30th June 2011. A total of 128 women (114 married and 14 were unmarried) were interviewed with the help of structured question and checklist. Data was collected through clinical diagnostic approach made by gynecologists. Results: It was found that highest percentage of respondents (32.8%) were in the age group of 30-34 years, mean age at marriage was 17.79 years. The highest percentage of respondents (46.5%) was married at the age range of 16-18 years. Among the respondents, 89.1% were married and 10.9% were unmarried. The women with higher education level had lower occurrence of RTIs than women with lower education. In relation to status of spouse of married women, RTIs were significantly more among the wife of other ranks. Practice of personal hygiene during menstruation showed safe positive impact on RTIs. It was found that 50% respondents were presenting with vaginal discharge (Leucorrhoea). Most of the causes were vaginitis (38.3%). Conclusion: Study findings indicate that high prevalence of RTIs among women is due to the influence of less educational status, low income and also husband's educational background and employment status. JAFMC Bangladesh. Vol 15, No 2 (December) 2019: 218-220

scholarly journals Health Problems of Elderly Patients attending Combined Military Hospital, Dhaka

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-12
Author(s):  
SM Humayun Kabir ◽  
Md Ziaul Islam ◽  
Masuda Begum ◽  
Masud Ahmed ◽  
Mohammad Mohsin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Military Hospital ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Cross Sectional

Introduction: Health problems of elderly are an emerging health burden throughout the world. Bangladesh is currently undergoing a demographic transition and the proportion of the population of 60 years and older is increasing rapidly. Health care providers and policymakers are highly concerned with this burning issue. Objective: To know the disease pattern among the elderly patients in Combined Military Hospital, Dhaka. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out from July 2015 to June 2016 among 152 elderly patients above 60 years of age admitted in Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka Cantonment. Data were collected by face-to-face interview with semi-structured questionnaire and checklist following purposive sampling technique. Analysis of data was done by Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS, version 20.0). Results: Mean age of the elderly was 72.06±4.56 years with the range of 60-80 years and majority (90.8%) of the elderly was male. Out of total 152 elderly patients, by occupation majority (31.6%) were in the business group followed by 30.3% in the retired group and 9.2 % in the housewife group. Average monthly family income was BDT 17927.63±7360.75 with the range of BDT 6000-35000. With initial complaints elderly patients reported to doctors in private chamber (38.2%), private hospital (25.6%) and Govt hospital (5.9%). Among all of the elderly patients, majority (21.1%) had Diabetes Mellitus followed by Rheumatoid Arthritis (17.6%), Asthma (12.5%), Cataract (11.2%), ENT problem (6.6%), Malignancy (5.9%) and Benign Enlargement of Prostate 8(5.3%). Conclusion: The number of elderly people is expanding rapidly; it also presents multifaceted health problems and thus creates unique challenges for the national healthcareservices. Early identification of problem and ensuring the availability of health with economic and social support can have a control over the elderly health problems. Journal of Armed Forces Medical College Bangladesh Vol.13(1) 2017: 8-12

scholarly journals Pattern of Sexually Transmitted Infections: A Retrospective Study from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Central India

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sushil Rathi ◽  
Sumit Ashok Hajare ◽  
Saurabh Jaiswal ◽  
Sandip Agrawal ◽  
Abhijit Kherde ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽  
Vaginal Discharge ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Lower Abdominal Pain ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Adequate Treatment ◽  
Major Health ◽  
Sexually Transmitted

Introduction: Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) pose a major health, social and economic problem worldwide, predominantly in developing countries like India. It is essential to understand the current patterns of STIs in the various regions of the country in order to plan and implement strategies to control the spread of infection. Aim: To study the pattern of STIs among patients attending the STI clinic. Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of data obtained retrospectively from case records over last seven years (January 2013-December 2019) from STI clinic at a tertiary care hospital at Nagpur. The demographic details, detailed history, clinical findings were noted and relevant investigations were performed. The patients were diagnosed as per syndromic approach and subjected to serologic tests for syphilis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The data was analysed by using MS Excel and Epi Info software, and percentage, mean, standard deviation and proportions were calculated. Results: Out of the total 4471 cases, 2807 (62.8%) were males and 1664 (37.2%) were females. The most commonly observed STI was balanoposthitis, followed by cervico-vaginal discharge, Genital Ulcerative Disease- Herpetic (GUD-H), anogenital warts, molluscum contagiosum, GUD-nonherpetic, urethral discharge, lower abdominal pain and inguinal bubo. The proportion of viral STIs was 33.5% (1495 cases) and bacterial STIs were 4.3% (191 cases). The most commonly observed STI was balanoposthitis in males and cervico-vaginal discharge in females. Newly diagnosed cases of HIV were 1.4% (61 cases) of total cases. Conclusion: The proportion of viral STIs was higher compared to bacterial STIs. The prevalence of HIV among study population was 3.9%. Since STIs are indicators of high risk sexual behaviour in the community and a major health burden with risk of development of HIV, prompt diagnosis and adequate treatment of STIs is necessary.

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN TENTANG PERSONAL HYGIENE DENGAN PERILAKU PENCEGAHAN KEPUTIHAN PADA REMAJA PUTRI DI SMAN 15 SEMARANG

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rose Nurhudariani
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Vaginal Discharge ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hygiene Behavior ◽  
Reproductive Health Education ◽  
Prevention Behavior ◽  
Cross Sectional Design

Latar Belakang: Kebersihan perseorangan atau Personal Hygiene merupakan suatu tindakan untuk memelihara kebersihan seseorang untuk menjaga kesejahteraan fisik dan psikis. Salah satu dampak dari kurangnya menjaga Personal Hygiene adalah terjadinya keputihan. Sebanyak 75% wanita di Indonesia pernah mengalami keputihan minimal satu kali dalam hidupnya dan 45% diantaranya mengalami keputihan sebanyak dua kali atau lebih. Di mana ditunjukkan jumlah yang dilayani dalam program kesehatan reproduksi terdapat 29,8% mengalami kejadian keputihan pada remaja putri. Tujuan: Mengetahui Hubungan Pengetahuan Tentang Personal Hygiene Dengan Perilaku Pencegahan Keputihan Pada Remaja Putri Di SMAN 15 Semarang. Metode: Jenis penelitian ini adalah kuantitatif dengan desain cross sectional. Popalasi dalam penelitian ini adalah remaja putri sebanyak 180 orang. Sampel dalam penelitian ini sebanyak 124 orang, dengan tehnik pengambilan sampel yanng digunakan adalah metode proportionate random sampling. Hasil: Remaja putri di SMAN 15 Semarang sebagian besar memiliki pengetahuan kurang sebanyak 100 responsen (80,6%) dan pengetahuan cukup sebanyak 24 responden (19,4%). Sementara perilaku remaja putri sebagian besar memiliki perilaku kurang baik sebanyak 97 responden (72,8%) dan perilaku baik sebanyak 27 responden (21,8%). Sehingga ada hubungan antara pengetahuan tentang Personal Hygiene dengan perilaku pencegahan keputihan. Saran: Pihak sekolah hendaknya memasukkan personal hygiene yang tepat ke dalam kurikulum pelajaran muatan lokal pendidikan kesehatan reproduksi atau sebagai materi pelajaran ekstra sehingga semua siswi mendapatkan pengetahuan yang sama sehingga diharapkan dapat menurunkan angka resiko terjadinya masalah kesehatan bagi remaja putri / para siswi. Kata Kunci       : Pengetahuan Personal Hygiene; Perilaku Pencegahan; KeputihanDaftar Pustaka  : 7 (2009-2014)  RELATIONS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF PERSONAL HYGIENE BEHAVIOR PREVENTION WHITISH SMAN 15 SEMARANG Abstract  Background: Individual or Personal Hygiene Cleanliness is an act to maintain the cleanliness of a person to maintain physical and psychological wellbeing. One of the effects of lack of guard Personal Hygiene is the discharge. As many as 75% of women in Indonesia have experienced vaginal discharge at least once in their lives and 45% of them experienced vaginal discharge two times or more. Where indicated amount served in reproductive health programs are 29.8% experienced vaginal discharge events in adolescent girls. Objective: To identify Relations Knowledge About Personal Hygiene With Discharge Prevention Behavior In Young Women In SMAN 15 Semarang. Metode Research: This type of research is quantitative with cross sectional design. Populasi in this study were young women of 180 people. The sample in this study as many as 124 people, with sampling technique used is proportionate random method sampling. Research Results: Results: Girls at SMAN 15 Semarang most have less knowledge as much as 100 responsen (80.6%) and insufficient knowledge as much as 24 respondents (19.4%). While the behavior of young women mostly had less good behavior as much as 97 respondents (72.8%) and good behavior as much as 27 respondents (21.8%). So that there is a relationship between knowledge about prevention behaviors Personal Hygiene with whitish. Suggestion: The school should include proper personal hygiene into the curriculum of local content or reproductive health education as an extra subject matter so that all students get the same knowledge which is expected to decrease the risk of health problems for girls / the girls. Keywords      : Knowledge Personal Hygiene, Preventive Behavior WhitishBibliography : 7 (2009-2014)

A Phase II Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Praneem Polyherbal Vaginal Tablets Compared With Betadine Vaginal Pessary in Women With Symptoms of Abnormal Vaginal Discharge

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 461-468
Author(s):  
Sudha Salhan ◽  
Vrijesh Tripathi ◽  
Raman Sehgal ◽  
Gaurav Kumar ◽  
Gursaran P. Talwar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vaginal Discharge ◽  
Reproductive Tract ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Lower Abdominal Pain ◽  
Phase Iii ◽  
Controlled Study ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Vaginal Pessary ◽  
Abnormal Vaginal Discharge ◽  
Tract Infections

Abnormal vaginal discharge (AVD) caused by a variety of reproductive tract infections is a widespread syndrome among women in India and in other developing countries. The purpose of this study was to determine whether a polyherbal formulation, Praneem, can be used for the regression of the syndrome. A phase ΙΙ randomized controlled study was carried out with Praneem polyherbal tablets and Betadine vaginal pessary in 99 women with AVD. The authors found that 92% of women using Praneem were relieved of their symptoms of AVD as against 81.6% women using Betadine. Significant reduction was also seen with both treatments in lower abdominal pain, vaginal itching, and dysuria. Thus, the study indicates the efficacy of Praneem for the treatment of AVD and provides a rationale for planning a further Phase III study on a larger sample size for definitive conclusions.

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