The
severity of infection was evaluated according to the presence of other
symptoms such as abdominal pain, dysparaunia, fever, itching and
burning. A score system for severity of symptoms was also developed
with 0 score indicating no symptoms, 1(mild) for 1-3
symptoms,2(moderate) for 4-6 sypmtoms, and 3(severe ) for more than 6
symptoms.
B- Laboratory analysis:
An Endo-cervical specimen for culture using a sterile cotton swab was
obtained while women were undergoing vaginal exam. The swab was
inserted in the cervix and pulled around for 60 seconds and then put
in wet media (Stewart Emma media) for transport.
In the lab the specimens were cultured on a blood and Macchonky agar
for 24 hours at 37◦C.
3- Data analysis: All the data collected through the questionnaire
and
results of the laboratory tests were entered and computed using
Statistical
Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 10.0 software and applying
Chi-Square
test with p = 0.05 level of significance.
Results
Sociodemographic
profile of the population study:
The
age of study sample ranges between the 19-45 years old, more than half
were in the 20-30 age group comprising 52.2% of IUD users, and 66.6%
of nonusers). The age group >40
was from the IUD users only, since the non-users were all selected
from women attending clinics to have IUD inserted.
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Table1:
Social and demographic profile of population study
|
Category |
IUD
users |
Non-users |
|
|
No. |
% |
No. |
% |
Age
(years) |
<20 |
1 |
0.8 |
5 |
7.6 |
20-30 |
70 |
52.2 |
44 |
66.6 |
31-40 |
56 |
41.8 |
17 |
25.8 |
>40 |
7 |
5.2 |
0 |
0 |
Total |
134 |
100.0 |
66 |
100.0 |
Woman's
Education |
Elementary |
31 |
23.1 |
4 |
6.1 |
Preparatory |
39 |
29.1 |
22 |
33.4 |
Secondary |
49 |
36.6 |
30 |
45.4 |
College |
15 |
11.2 |
10 |
15.1 |
Total |
134 |
100.0 |
66 |
100.0 |
Woman's
Occupation |
Housewife |
112 |
83.6 |
59 |
89.4 |
Working |
22 |
16.4 |
7 |
10.6 |
Total |
134 |
100.0 |
66 |
100.0 |

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