Association between the Hygiene Practices for Genital Organs and Sexual Activity on Urinary Tract infection in Pregnant Women at women's Health Center, At Assiut University Hospital
Manal F.Moustafa¹ and Entesar M. Makhlouf²
Obstetrics and Gynecological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing Assuit University Egypt
Abstract:
Urinary tract infections (UTI) are very common in pregnancy. The aim of this study was to determine the association of Hygiene Practices for Genital Organs and Sexual Activity with Urinary Tract infection in Pregnant Women at women's Health Center, At Assiut University Hospital .This was descriptive analytical observational study with cross- sectional. The study sample consisted of (150) women for out patient department in Women's Health Center with urinary tract infection for one year start from December 2009 to December 2010.The result of study showed that the mean age of women were 28.4±6.0 years, the majority of women (82%) multi Para , Three quarter of women (75.3%) do sexual intercourse more than 3+ /week during last month, All the sample (100%) 0f women don’t wash genitalia before intercourse. The majority of women (94.6%) don’t wash genital organ in correct direction , (81.3%) drunk only one liter of fluid/ day .Later found more than half of women (58%) had recurrent urinary tract infection it was found that their are statistical significant p value (<0.001*) between recurrent (UTI) & micturate after intercourse, wash genitalia after micturation, dry genitalia after micturation, Frequency of bathing/week ,frequency of changing underwear /day , Amount of fluids drunk/day (liter). Also found their are statistical significant p value (0.0046*) between wash in correct direction & recurrent infection, conclusion their are association between Hygiene Practices for Genital Organs and Sexual Activity on Urinary Tract infection. It is recommended Simple &correct hygiene measures may be appropriate to prevent UTI