Department of Community Medicine, NRS Medical College & Hospital, Kolkata, India.
Indian J Public Health. 2011 Jan-Mar;55(1):38-41. doi: 10.4103/0019-557X.82547.
A community-based, descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in Purushottampur village of the Singur block, Hooghly, using a pre-tested, semi-structured questionnaire, to find out the prevalence of RTI / STI symptomatics among the general population aged 15 to 49 years, and to assess their profiles and health-seeking behaviors. Prevalence of (Reproductive tract infection) RTI / STI (Sexually transmitted infections) symptoms in the last 12 months was found to be 13.9 and 13.6% among males and females, respectively. The most common symptom was dysuria and vaginal discharge among males and females, respectively. Almost half of the STI symptomatics (52% male, 50% female) did nothing for their symptoms. Better health-seeking behavior was observed among females. About 9.4% of the males and 47% of the females sought advice from the clinic / hospital / health workers. Strengthening of activities of the existing national program among the general population is needed to build a positive health-seeking behavior that will ensure success of the syndromic management of RTI / STI.
一项基于社区的、描述性的、横断面研究在豪拉的 Singur 区的 Purushottampur 村进行，使用经过预先测试的半结构式问卷，以了解 15 至 49 岁一般人群中 RTI/STI 症状的流行情况，并评估他们的特征和寻求健康的行为。发现过去 12 个月中男性和女性的（生殖器官感染）RTI/STI（性传播感染）症状的患病率分别为 13.9%和 13.6%。最常见的症状是男性和女性的尿痛和阴道分泌物。几乎一半的性传播感染症状患者（52%的男性，50%的女性）对他们的症状没有采取任何措施。女性的健康寻求行为更好。约 9.4%的男性和 47%的女性向诊所/医院/卫生工作者寻求建议。需要加强针对普通人群的现有国家计划的活动，以建立积极的寻求健康的行为，这将确保 RTI/STI 的症状管理取得成功。
