Beta
71195

The effect of health education guidelines on women suffering from reproductive tract infections for seeking health care services

Article

Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

Background: The most important period in the life span of women is the reproductive period, which extends from menarche to menopause. Reproductive tract infections are endemic in developing countries and having a large burden on the society. Aim: to determine the effect of health education guidelines on women suffering from reproductive tract infections for seeking health care services. Materials and Method: A Quasi experimental research design was used to achieve the aim of the present study. The study was conducted at the gynecological outpatient & family planning clinics of Zagazig University hospital and Al-Ahrar hospital at Zagazig. A purposive sample composed of 200 women and who were fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Structured interview related to reproductive tract infections symptoms. Women knowledge regarding reproductive tract infections Barriers of seeking health care services for women suffering from reproductive tract infections. Health education guidelines for women suffering from reproductive tract infections. The results: There is a significant improvement of the women knowledge regarding most of the studied items in relation to RTIs immediately after health education guidelines. Conclusion: Health education guidelines regarding reproductive tract infections were effective in increasing women knowledge level after health education guidelines. The major barriers for not seeking health care services for women suffering from reproductive tract infections were the perception of symptoms as normal, shyness of genital examination or explain their symptoms, family responsibilities, the husband neglecting to the health of his wife, lack of awareness about RTIs and privacy. Recommendations: Health education to all women attending MCH and family planning services about reproductive tract infections and how can prevent. Furthermore, instruct women about early attending to seek medical care services if any symptoms of reproductive tract infections appear.

DOI

10.21608/tsnj.2016.71195

Keywords

Keywords: Reproductive tract infections, barriers, treatment seeking, health education

Authors

First Name

Sabah

Last Name

Mohamed:

MiddleName

Lotfy

Affiliation

Lecturer of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University

Email

-

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

10

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

10853

Issue Date

2016-05-01

Receive Date

2016-01-04

Publish Date

2016-05-01

Page Start

93

Page End

115

Print ISSN

2314-5595

Online ISSN

2735-5519

Link

https://tsnj.journals.ekb.eg/article_71195.html

Detail API

https://tsnj.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=71195

Order

4

Type

Original Article

Type Code

1,053

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Tanta Scientific Nursing Journal

Publication Link

https://tsnj.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

The effect of health education guidelines on women suffering from reproductive tract infections for seeking health care services

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023