Open AccessSocioeconomic 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.