Evaluating Pregnant Women’s Knowledge Regarding Genital Tract Infections | ||
| Mansoura Nursing Journal | ||
| Volume 10, Issue 1, January 2023, Pages 509-520 PDF (857.16 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mnj.2023.322086 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Nehmedo Osman1; A Ragab2; Samia Hassan3; hanan farhat ibrahim* 4 | ||
| 1Lecturer of Woman's Health and Midwifery Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt | ||
| 2Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt, FCMS, KSA | ||
| 3Assistant Professor of Woman's Health and Midwifery Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt. | ||
| 4woman's health and midwifery nursing | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: genital tract infections during pregnancy are global health problems that cause complications for mothers and infants. Aim: This study aimed to evaluate pregnant women’s knowledge regarding genital tract infections. Study design: A descriptive study design was utilized. Setting: The study was carried out in the outpatient Antenatal Clinic of the New Obstetric and Gynecological Hospital at Mansoura University. Study subjects: The study subjects included 231 pregnant women according to inclusion criteria. Tools: A structured interview questionnaire was used consisting of three parts including an assessment sheet of personal characteristics, obstetric history of, and knowledge of pregnant women, regarding GTIs. Results: The results found that more than one-third of pregnant women had correct knowledge about the definition of GTIs, more than half of studied women had incorrect knowledge about causes and treatment of GTIs, more than one-quarter of them had correct knowledge about risk factors of GTIs while, more than half of them had correct knowledge about signs and symptoms of GTIs, less than half of them had incorrect knowledge about prevention of GTIs and less than two-thirds of them had incorrect knowledge about the mode of transmission, complication and diagnostic tests of GTIs. Conclusion: the present study concluded that there were less than two-thirds of pregnant women had poor knowledge, more than one-quarter of them had good knowledge and only(13.4%) had fair knowledge regarding genital tract infections. Recommendations: Designs and implementing necessary educational program about the proper genital hygiene practice to improve knowledge of pregnant women through different media. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Evaluation; Genital tract infection; Knowledge; Pregnant women | ||
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