Jelly Prasuna, Verma Rajni, Kumawat Reena, Choudhary Suman, Chadha Lisa, Sharma Rakesh
College of Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
Department of Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
J Educ Health Promot. 2022 Apr 28;11:122. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_750_21. eCollection 2022.
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are more common in females than males and predominantly based on their unhealthy practices in their day to day lives. This study is trying to assess the occurrence of UTI and strategies used by female student to prevent UTI.
A cross-sectional descriptive study carried out in a tertiary care teaching institute. A total of 338 conveniently selected B. Sc. Nursing and MBBS Medical students were surveyed. The data were collected by using a pretested, a self-structured questionnaire related to occurrence and practices to prevent UTI along with necessary demographic details. Descriptive (frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation) and inferential (Chi-square test) statistics was used to compute the data.
The result of this study shows that 10.05% female students reported of having UTI. The proportion was higher in nursing students (67.6%) than medical (32.4%) but did not show a significance difference ( = 0.61). Age, duration of hostel life, and marital status were significantly associated with the status of UTI ( = 0.001). To prevent UTI, students were using commercial product with Tea Tree Oil, soap, drinking 3-4 l water/day, increased frequency of peri-wash during menstruation period, and use of Citrus Fruits. The use of western toilet was also significantly associated with status of UTI ( = 0.04).
The occurrence of UTI was more among nursing students. Most of the perineal hygienic practices by the female students were associated with occurrence of UTI; hence, it is necessary to emphasize on preventive practices to minimize re-occurrence.
尿路感染（UTIs）在女性中比男性更常见，主要是由于她们日常生活中的不健康行为。本研究旨在评估女学生尿路感染的发生率以及预防尿路感染所采用的策略。
在一所三级护理教学机构开展一项横断面描述性研究。共对338名方便选取的护理学学士和医学学士学生进行了调查。通过使用一份经过预测试的、与尿路感染的发生及预防措施相关的自拟问卷以及必要的人口统计学细节来收集数据。采用描述性统计（频率、百分比、均值和标准差）和推断性统计（卡方检验）来计算数据。
本研究结果显示，10.05%的女学生报告曾患尿路感染。护理专业学生的比例（67.6%）高于医学专业学生（32.4%），但差异无统计学意义（P = 0.61）。年龄、住校时间和婚姻状况与尿路感染状况显著相关（P = 0.001）。为预防尿路感染，学生们使用含茶树油的商业产品、肥皂，每天饮用3 - 4升水，经期增加会阴部清洗频率，以及食用柑橘类水果。使用西式马桶也与尿路感染状况显著相关（P = 0.04）。
护理专业学生中尿路感染的发生率更高。女学生的大多数会阴卫生习惯与尿路感染的发生有关；因此，有必要强调预防措施以尽量减少复发。
