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INDIAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY HEALTH / VOL 26 / ISSUE NO 03 / JUL – SEP 2014
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Pattern of gynecological morbidity, its factors and Health seeking behavior among reproductive age group women in a rural community of Thiruvananthapuram district, South Kerala Anitha Abraham1, Sara Varghese2, Mini Satheesh3, Krishnapillai Vijayakumar4, Soumya Gopakumar5, Alice Metilda Mendez6, 1
Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Dr. Somervell Memorial CSI Medical College, Karakonam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, 2Professor, 3Associate Professor, 4Prof. & Head, 5,6Junior Resident, Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Abstract
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Corresponding Author Address for Correspondence: Dr. Anitha Abraham, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Dr. Somervell Memorial CSI Medical College, Karakonam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. E Mail ID:
[email protected] Citation Abraham A, Varghese S, Satheesh M, Vijayakumar K, Gopakumar S, Mendez AM. Pattern of gynecological morbidity, its factors and Health seeking behavior among reproductive age group women in a rural community of Thiruvananthapuram district, South Kerala. Ind J Comm Health 2014:26(3); 230-237 Source of Funding : Nil, Conflict of Interest: None declared Article Cycle Submission: 19/06/2014; ; Revision: 08/07/2014; Acceptance: 08/07/2014; Publication: 20/09/2014
Abstract Introduction: Gynecological morbidities constitute an important health problem among women of reproductive age group in India. Many of them did not seek care and bare it silently. Aims and Objectives: The purpose of this study was to measure the prevalence of self-reported gynecological morbidities among women of 15 to 45 years and to find out association with certain selected socio-demographic factors. This study also tried to study the health seeking behavior of women. Methodology: A population based cross sectional survey was conducted across Vakkom Panchayat, it’s area comes under Rural Health Centre of the Department of Community Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram. A total of 540Women of 15 to 45 years was included in the study by two stage sampling technique. Results: Of the total, 199 {(36.85%) 95% CI -31.14, 42.94} women in the study reported at least one type of gynecological morbidity. Major morbidity reported was menstrual problems (25.0%). Prevalence of overall gynecological morbidities was found to be significantly more among women who married early (
