Socioeconomic status of parents and the occurrence of pelvic inflammatory disease among undergraduates attending Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State, Nigeria | Zendy

Tijani Idris Ahmad Oseni | Zendy; M.A. Odewale | Zendy

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Socioeconomic status of parents and the occurrence of pelvic inflammatory disease among undergraduates attending Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State, Nigeria

Author(s) -

Tijani Idris Ahmad Oseni,

M.A. Odewale

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

nigerian postgraduate medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261

H-Index - 19

ISSN - 1117-1936

DOI - 10.4103/npmj.npmj_28_17

Subject(s) - medicine , pelvic inflammatory disease , socioeconomic status , ectopic pregnancy , pregnancy , descriptive statistics , condom , infertility , abortion , obstetrics , salpingitis , chi square test , demography , family medicine , gynecology , environmental health , population , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , statistics , mathematics , syphilis , sociology , biology , genetics

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a major cause of gynaecological morbidity globally. Complications from PID include infertility, ectopic pregnancy and chronic pelvic pain. Low socioeconomic status (SES) is a risk factor for the occurrence of PID.

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