ArticleOman medical journal2009
Prevalence of bacterial vaginosis and impact of genital hygiene practices in non-pregnant women in zanjan, iran.
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- Feminine Intimate Hygiene: A Review of Healthy and Unhealthy Habits in Women.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Pooled it
- Trichomonas vaginalis infection among Iranian general population of women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Parasitology research · 2015Pooled it
- A systematic review of the health and social effects of menstrual hygiene management.PloS one · 2013Pooled it
- Impact of targeted counseling on reported vaginal hygiene practices and bacterial vaginosis: the HIV Prevention Trials Network 035 study.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2017Trial
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- Prevalence of bacterial vaginosis and its associated risk factors among women of reproductive age attending Jos University Teaching Hospital, Plateau State, Nigeria.GMS hygiene and infection control · 2025Article
- Prevalence ofIranian journal of microbiology · 2023Article
- Association between bacterial vaginosis and 25-Hydroxy vitamin D: a case-control study.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Habits of Genital Hygiene and Sexual Activity among Women with Bacterial Vaginosis and/or Vulvovaginal Candidiasis.Revista brasileira de ginecologia e obstetricia : revista da Federacao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia · 2022Article
- Health Literacy in Iranian Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Iranian journal of public health · 2020Review
- The effect of curcumin-based and clotrimazole vaginal cream in the treatment of vulvovaginal candidiasis.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2019Article
- Bacterial vaginosis, vulvovaginal candidiasis and trichomonal vaginitis among reproductive-aged women seeking primary healthcare in Sana'a city, Yemen.BMC infectious diseases · 2019Article
- Microsatellite Typing and Antifungal Susceptibility ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2019Article
- The Effect of Prangos Ferulacea Vaginal Cream on Accelerating the Recovery of Bacterial Vaginosis: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.International journal of community based nursing and midwifery · 2018Article
- Role of female intimate hygiene in vulvovaginal health: Global hygiene practices and product usage.Women's health (London, England) · 2017Review
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- Prevalence of Bacterial Vaginosis and Associated Risk Factors among Women Complaining of Genital Tract Infection.International journal of microbiology · 2017Article
- Common causes of vaginal infections and antibiotic susceptibility of aerobic bacterial isolates in women of reproductive age attending at Felegehiwot Referral Hospital, Ethiopia: a cross sectional study.BMC women's health · 2015Article
- Prevalence of trichomoniasis among women in kermanshah, iran.Iranian Red Crescent medical journal · 2015Article
- Clinicoetiological Characterization of Infectious Vaginitis amongst Women of Reproductive Age Group from Navi Mumbai, India.Journal of sexually transmitted diseases · 2015Article
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Abstract
objectivesBacterial vaginosis is one of the most common causes of reproductive tract infection (RTI), it's prevalence is influenced by many factors. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of bacterial vaginosis and impact of sexual and genital hygienie practices and socio-demographic characteristics in non pregnant women of Zanjan province in Iran.
methods500 non-pregnant, married women were randomly selected for this study. This is a descriptive-analytic study conducted among non-pregnant referred to primry healthcare centres in Zanjan between May to August 2006. Following gynecological examination and vaginal sample collection by physicians, bacterial vaginosis was confirmed by Nugent criteria, tricomoniasis by direct microscopy and candidiasis by direct microscopic observation and evaluation of presenting clinical signs of vulvovaginitis.
resultsThe prevalence of RTI was 27.6%. Out of which 16.2% was devoted to bacterial vaginosis (BV), 6.6% to trichomoniasis and 4.8% to Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC). In contrast to coital hygiene, there was a significant correlation between menstrual and individual vaginal hygiene and BV (p<0.01 and p<0.001) respectively. There was a significant correlation between BV and education (p<0.025), number of pregnancy (p<0.05) and method of contraception (p<0.005). No significant correlation was observed between age, age of marriage and abortion.
conclusionThe data obtained suggests that the prevalence rate of BV is relatively high and could be affected by hygiene behaviors and certain socio-demographic characteristics, which indicate the need for comprehensive, scheduled programs of healthcare educations, aimed at reducing BV prevalence.
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