Analysis of the reproductive tract infectious and sexually transmitted diseases in floating females

Abstract

Objective To analyze the prevalence of reproductive tract infections and sexually transmitted diseases (RTI/STD) in town floating women,and investigate their awareness to reproductive health.Methods From January 2012 to August 2013,a total of 256 floating females who were taken pelvic examination and laboratory tests for 8 kinds of regular RTI/STD in Tanzhou Family Planning Technical Guidance Station were enrolled in this research,and the demographic information and awareness to reproductive health were investigated by questionnaires.At the same time,a total of 98 permanent females were enrolled as the control group.The data obtained were processed by SPSS 13.0.Results The prevalence rate in floating group (51.2％,131/256) was significantly higher than that in the permanent group (32.7％,32/98)(x2=5.7,P＜0.05).In 131 floating patients,chronic pelvic inflammatory disease,bacterial vaginosis and ch]amyolia infection were diagnosed as the major diseases with the infection rates of 26.7％,20.6％ and 22.9％,respectively.There were also significant indifferences of infection rates in different ages and sex partners groups (x2=5.3,9.6,P all＜0.05).Of the 256 repondents,80.1％ would visit clinic timely,36.7％ would choose normal hospital,77.7％ did not receive regular pelvic examination,18.0％ had sex during menstruatiou,and 61.3％ were eager for reproductive health information about sexual physiology,maternal care and sexually transmitted disease prevention.Conclusions The RTI/STD prevalence in floating population is not optimistic,the relevant department should strengthen the attention,management and knowledge propaganda to this population,so as to reduce the RTI/STD incidence in urban and rural areas. Key words: Sexually transmitted diseases; Reproductive tract infection; Floating population