Rizwan Sa, Rath Rama S, Vivek Gupta, Anant Gupta, Farhad Ahamed, Vijay Silan
Department of Community Medicine, Velammal Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Velammal Village, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Indian Dermatol Online J. 2015 Jan-Feb;6(1):9-12. doi: 10.4103/2229-5178.148919.
About 490 million cases of curable Reproductive Tract Infections (RTI) occur throughout the world, of which 79 million cases occur in India annually. Sexually Transmitted Infections/Reproductive Tract Infections (STI/RTI) confers a huge economic burden on the individual and the health system. Complications of RTI/STI are many, ranging from chronic pain syndrome to infertility. Most of these complications can be prevented by early diagnosis and treatment.
To assess knowledge, attitude and practices on STI/RTIs among married women aged 15-45 years in rural Haryana.
Cross-sectional study, conducted in selected villages under the primary health centre Mandi, Sonepat, Haryana.
Systematic sampling was used to cover 10 villages. In each village, every tenth house was sampled, taking first house from the center of the village. Face-to-face interview was conducted using pretested questionnaire.
Descriptive statistics and results were described in percentages.
A total of 344 women were interviewed. About 44% women had never heard of STI/RTI. The prevalence of self-reported symptoms of STI/RTI was very high (60%). Only 40% of them opted for treatment and most common cause for not opting for treatment was that they considered it as a minor problem. Advice for use of condom during the treatment was received by only 20% of patients and only 26.5% of their husbands also received treatment.
Overall knowledge, attitude and practices relating to STI/RTI among married women in rural Haryana was poor. The prevalence of self-reported STI/RTI was found to be high and treatment seeking behavior was poor.
全球约有4.9亿例可治愈的生殖道感染病例，其中印度每年有7900万例。性传播感染/生殖道感染给个人和卫生系统带来了巨大的经济负担。生殖道感染/性传播感染的并发症众多，从慢性疼痛综合征到不孕症不等。这些并发症大多可通过早期诊断和治疗来预防。
评估哈里亚纳邦农村地区15至45岁已婚妇女对性传播感染/生殖道感染的知识、态度和行为。
在哈里亚纳邦索纳帕特市曼迪初级卫生中心下属的选定村庄进行横断面研究。
采用系统抽样法覆盖10个村庄。在每个村庄，从村庄中心的第一户开始，每隔十户抽取一户。使用经过预测试的问卷进行面对面访谈。
描述性统计，结果以百分比表示。
共访谈了344名妇女。约44%的妇女从未听说过性传播感染/生殖道感染。自我报告的性传播感染/生殖道感染症状患病率很高（60%）。其中只有40%的人选择治疗，不选择治疗的最常见原因是她们认为这是个小问题。只有20%的患者接受了治疗期间使用避孕套的建议，她们的丈夫中也只有26.5%接受了治疗。
哈里亚纳邦农村地区已婚妇女对性传播感染/生殖道感染的总体知识、态度和行为较差。自我报告的性传播感染/生殖道感染患病率较高，但寻求治疗的行为较差。
