Incidence of postpartum gynaecological morbidities and their associated factors in a selected district in Sri Lanka
<p><strong>Introduction</strong></p><p>The objective of this study was to assess the incidence of postpartum gynaecological morbidities and to describe their associated factors in a selected district in Sri Lanka.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Meth...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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College of Community Physicians of Sri Lanka
2005-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of the College of Community Physicians |
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| Online Access: | https://jccpsl.sljol.info/articles/8268 |
| Summary: | <p><strong>Introduction</strong></p><p>The objective of this study was to assess the incidence of postpartum gynaecological morbidities and to describe their associated factors in a selected district in Sri Lanka.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Methodology</strong></p><p>A sample of pregnant women (n-1050) was followed up by field investigators from 36 weeks of pregnancy to 42 days postpartum on a preplanned schedule. The morbid conditions were diagnosed using specific criteria developed for the study which included inquiries using a symptom checklist, clinical examination and laboratory investigations, Factors associated with these morbidities were studied using bivariate and multivariate analyses.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Results</strong></p><p>The incidence of infection of LSCS scar was 13.7% (21) while infection of episiotomy was 2.2% (13). Gaping of episiotomy was found in 5.1% (30). In this study 19% (198) of mothers reported of perineal pain and 28 % (57) of these were not identified to have any specific morbidity. The incidence of urinary tract infection and genital tract infection was 2.3% (24) and 0.38% (4) respectively. Factors related to intrapartum care, place of delivery and health related personal behaviours showed significant association with the selected morbidities.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Conclusions</strong></p><p>The study concluded that post partum gynaecological infection and their morbidities were found</p>to, be high and associated with factors that could be modified. |
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| ISSN: | 1391-3174 2579-1451 |