Prevalence of vulvovaginal candidasis and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care unit at yekatit 12 hospital, Addis Ababa,Ethiopia, 2018
| dc.contributor.advisor | Bitew, Adane (BSc, MSC, PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Amdemariam, Brutawit | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-02T06:28:00Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-06T08:56:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-11-02T06:28:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-06T08:56:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Introduction: Vulvovaginal candidiasis is an infection caused by a number of pathogens in the Genus Candida. It is a very common disease of women of reproductive age all over the world. Among the many causes of vaginitis Vulvovaginal candidiasis is the second most common after bacterial vaginosis. It is estimated that around 75% of all women experience at least one episode of VVC during their childbearing years, of whom about half have at least one recurrence. Objective: To assess the prevalence of vaginal candidiasis and associated factors among pregnant women attending Antenatal Care Unit(ANC) at Yekatit12 Hospital, Addis Ababa, 2018. Methods and materials: A cross-sectional prospective study was conducted on 422 pregnant women attending Antenatal Care Unit (ANC) at Yekatit12 Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia between January to April 2017. Socio-demographic data were collected using structured questionnaire from consented patients.Vaginal swab specimens were collected and processed as per standard procedures in appropriate culture media like the one Sabouraud Dextrose Agar (SDA) supplemented with chloramphenicol (Oxoid, Basingstoke, UK). The data were analyzed by using SPSS version 20. Appropriate statistical tools were used to explore the data. Result: The overall vaginal infection was 36% The study shows that pruritus (p=0.000) dysuria(0.000), lower abdominal pain(p=0.000) and vaginal discharge (p=0.000) as a key symptom and highly significant to VVC in the contrast Risk factors considered for VVC in this study were not significant in both univariate and multivariate analysis (P>0.05). Conclusion: The prevalence of vaginal infections was high (36%) among pregnant women in Yekatit 12 Hospital Antenatal clinic attendants during the study period. The study also shows that pruritus dysuria, lower abdominal pain and vaginal discharge as a key symptom in VVC infection. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/13633 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa Universty | en_US |
| dc.subject | Prevalence, candidasis,Antenatal , | en_US |
| dc.title | Prevalence of vulvovaginal candidasis and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care unit at yekatit 12 hospital, Addis Ababa,Ethiopia, 2018 | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |