OPD based study of correlation of socio-cultural variables in patients of pelvic inflammatory diseases

ABSTRACT

The present study was conducted on 350 ever-married females of reproductive age group [15 to 49 years] who were diagnosed on the basis of symptoms to have Pelvic Inflammatory Disease [PID]. The objective was to identify the socio-cultural variables in relation to PID. The period of study was one year 1st Aug 2001 to 31st July 2002 and the study design was cross-sectional. The socio-cultural variables taken into account were age, education, marital status, social class, reproductive profile, use of contraceptives, personal genital hygiene and nature of delivery conducted. The statistical tests used to analyse the data were percentage and Z-test. It was found that PID is significantly associated with all the above socio-cultural variables