Journal of Women's Health Care
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-0420
ISSN: 2167-0420
Objective:-Nationally, the investigation of survey related to STIs indicated that fewer than one in three women and men (32% for each) who had STI symptoms sought advice or treatment from a clinic, hospital, private doctor, or other health professional. Therefore, this study is aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors of sexually transmitted infections among antenatal care attended at health facility. Methods: Facility based cross-sectional study design was employed in Asella town private health facilities among 140 by using systematic random sampling technique at study period is 2021. Data was collected from registration book of pregnancy women attended antenatal care services for last six months from January 2021 to 25 June 2021. The collected data was entered into Epi Info version 7 software and next was exported to the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) IBM version 21 for analysis. Bivariable and multivariable analyses was used to compute the association between dependent and independent variables at 95% Confidence interval with P-value less than 0.05 in the model with adjusted odd ratio. Result: The prevalence’s of STIs among clinically suspected pregnant women attended antenatal care were Syphilis (4.9%), Neisseria. gonorrhoeae (3.8%), trichomonas vaginalis (5.2%), Chlamydia trachomatis(1.8% ), chancroid 4.6%, HBV(1.3%) and HIV/AIDS(1.6%). Low educational status, having two& above sex partners, having history of abortion and having history of using alcohol/drugs were significantly associated with STIs ( P< 0.01). Conclusion: Socio-demographic and obstetric factors were found to be associated with STIs among pregnant women in the study area. Strengthening the existing screening and treatment of pregnant women in the first antenatal visit for STIs and enhances the need for regular health education for pregnant women at antenatal clinic to inform them about their health, avoidance of the risk of STIs on their pregnancy were recommended.
Published Date: 2021-12-31; Received Date: 2021-12-10