Open AccessRisk factors of genital-urinary infection in women
Author(s) -
Galina V. Grinenko,
Kira V. Shalepo,
А. M. Savitcheva,
Eduard К. Ailamazyan,
Е. V. Chipitsyna,
Marius Domeika
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
žurnalʺ akušerstva i ženskihʺ boleznej
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1684-0461
pISSN - 1683-9366
DOI - 10.17816/jowd88857
Subject(s) - medicine , sex organ , asymptomatic , epidemiology , saint petersburg , sexual intercourse , outpatient clinic , pregnancy , urinary system , gynecology , obstetrics , environmental health , population , genetics , biology , russian federation , business , economic policy
The article represents the data of screening carried out on 905 women attended the outpatient departments of gynecologic clinics of Saint Petersburg and Leningrad region.
Infectious diseases of genital-urinary system were diagnosed in 65.5% of the women, 53.5% having asymptomatic course, which must be important in epidemiological respect. Risk factors and characteristic symptoms of the diseases were taken into account while analyzing the questionnaires. The valuable risk factors were young age, early debut of sexual intercourse and occasional sexual contacts, the history of STI as well as the pregnancy.