Role of Behavioural Risk Factors in Symptoms Related to UTI Among Nursing Students
Introduction: UTI is a well known entity amongst young girls, and the majority of girls have recurrent infections within one year. Anything that disturbs the usual vaginal environment would result in conditions favouring the production of unwanted microorganisms leading to infections of this ver...
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| description | Introduction: UTI is a well known entity amongst young girls,
and the majority of girls have recurrent infections within one
year. Anything that disturbs the usual vaginal environment
would result in conditions favouring the production of unwanted
microorganisms leading to infections of this very sensitive area.
Studies have shown that, there is an evident relation of UTI's
among students and practices of personal hygiene.
Aim: To determine association between the behavioural risk
factors and UTI among nursing girls.
Materials and Methods: The present study was undertaken
amongst unmarried nursing students of a Medical College
Hospital. A predesigned pretested questionnaire was used
to know the personal hygiene of students and to find out its
association with UTI in the last three months. Chi-square test
was used to analyse the data.
Results: A significant association was observed between
perineal hygiene and UTI. The major risk factors of UTI identified
were incorrect perineal washing technique, use of synthetic/silk
innerwears, not sundrying the innerwears, improper menstrual
hygiene.
Conclusion: There are still major gaps in the knowledge
regarding causation of UTI among the nursing students. This
calls for an urgent need for educational talks periodically
addressing these gaps. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-362319070d2641788a4d52478544c1942022-12-21T18:58:32ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2015-09-0199LC15LC1810.7860/JCDR/2015/10995.6547Role of Behavioural Risk Factors in Symptoms Related to UTI Among Nursing StudentsShaili Vyas0Parul Sharma1Kajal Srivastava2Vipul Nautiyal3Ved Prakash Shrotriya4Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, HIMS, SRHU, Swami Ram Nagar, Dehradun, India.Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, India.Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, India.Assistant Professor, Department of Radiotherapy, HIMS, SRHU, Swami Ram Nagar, Dehradun, India.Professor, Department of Community Medicine, SRMSIMS, India.Introduction: UTI is a well known entity amongst young girls, and the majority of girls have recurrent infections within one year. Anything that disturbs the usual vaginal environment would result in conditions favouring the production of unwanted microorganisms leading to infections of this very sensitive area. Studies have shown that, there is an evident relation of UTI's among students and practices of personal hygiene. Aim: To determine association between the behavioural risk factors and UTI among nursing girls. Materials and Methods: The present study was undertaken amongst unmarried nursing students of a Medical College Hospital. A predesigned pretested questionnaire was used to know the personal hygiene of students and to find out its association with UTI in the last three months. Chi-square test was used to analyse the data. Results: A significant association was observed between perineal hygiene and UTI. The major risk factors of UTI identified were incorrect perineal washing technique, use of synthetic/silk innerwears, not sundrying the innerwears, improper menstrual hygiene. Conclusion: There are still major gaps in the knowledge regarding causation of UTI among the nursing students. This calls for an urgent need for educational talks periodically addressing these gaps.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/6547/10995_CE[Ra1]Ash_F(AK)_PF1(VSUAK)_PFA(P)_PF2(PAG).pdfbehavioural factorsperinealpersonal hygiene |
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| title | Role of Behavioural Risk Factors in Symptoms Related to UTI Among Nursing Students |
| title_full | Role of Behavioural Risk Factors in Symptoms Related to UTI Among Nursing Students |
| title_fullStr | Role of Behavioural Risk Factors in Symptoms Related to UTI Among Nursing Students |
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| title_sort | role of behavioural risk factors in symptoms related to uti among nursing students |
| topic | behavioural factors perineal personal hygiene |
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