Final Year MBBS Student, CMH Lahore Medical College, Pakistan.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, CMH Lahore Medical College, Pakistan.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2021 Dec;71(12):2842-2846. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.2036.
This study was conducted to assess the level of awareness about sexually transmitted diseases in females of different age groups and to investigate the role that education and social status may play in their knowledge. It was a cross-sectional study, conducted at the CMH Lahore's Gynaecology and Obstetrics out-patient department, from June 2019 till July 2019. Three hundred and thirty-seven participants were interviewed, after obtaining a written informed consent. These participants were females who presented at the CMH Gynaecology & Obstetrics OPD, with any particular complaint. Those who did not give consent were not included in the study. The participants were given a hard copy of the questionnaire to fill and any queries that they had were answered on the spot. Data was analysed using SPSS version 23. Of the 337 participants interviewed, 158 were aged 26-35 years; 71 were undergraduates and 99 had completed post graduate studies. To determine their socioeconomic status, they were asked about their family income; 205 participants belonged to families with an income of less than Rs50,000. Most participants (229) had presented to the OPD for a routine pregnancy check-up. Of the 337 participants, 244 attested to know about STD's and the most common source of their knowledge was through TV (142), followed by the internet (137); 251 participants were familiar with limited STDs such as AIDS and Hepatitis B. The study showed that age, level of education, and income have a profound effect on the knowledge regarding sexually transmitted diseases amongst the women in Pakistan.
本研究旨在评估不同年龄组女性对性传播疾病的认知水平，并探讨教育和社会地位在其知识中的作用。这是一项横断面研究，于 2019 年 6 月至 7 月在拉合尔 CMH 的妇产科门诊进行。对 337 名参与者进行了访谈，在获得书面知情同意后进行。这些参与者是在 CMH 妇产科门诊就诊的女性，有任何特定的投诉。未同意的人不包括在研究中。研究人员向参与者提供了问卷的纸质副本进行填写，并当场回答了他们的任何疑问。使用 SPSS 版本 23 对数据进行分析。在接受采访的 337 名参与者中，158 人年龄在 26-35 岁；71 人是本科生，99 人完成了研究生学业。为了确定他们的社会经济地位，询问了他们的家庭收入；205 名参与者来自收入低于 50,000 卢比的家庭。大多数参与者（229 人）因常规妊娠检查到 OPD 就诊。在 337 名参与者中，244 人证明了解性传播疾病，他们最常见的知识来源是电视（142 人），其次是互联网（137 人）；251 名参与者熟悉艾滋病和乙型肝炎等有限的性传播疾病。该研究表明，年龄、教育水平和收入对巴基斯坦女性对性传播疾病的认知有深远影响。
