Volume : 7, Issue : 12, December - 2018

Proportion of asymptomatic bacteriuria among pregnant women: A cross sectional study

Mrs. Akhila Nair M. P, Mrs. Malathi. D

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">A descriptive study was conducted on proportion of asymptomatic bacteriuria among pregnant women. Descriptive design was used as research design. Purposive sampling technique was adopted and 210 antenatal mothers who completed 34 weeks of gestation were selected. The tool used for data collection consisted of socio-personal variables, clinical variables and urine culture and sensitivity report<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> to assess the proportion of asymptomatic bacteriuria among pregnant women. The data was collected by self-reporting method. Data were tabulated and analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result showed that </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;&#10;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&#10;+mj-ea;mso-font-kerning:12.0pt">majority (87.6%) of the subjects had no asymptomatic bacteriuria and only 12.4% of the subjects had asymptomatic bacteriuria.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-no-proof:yes"> Findings showed that there was an association between proportion of asymptomatic bacteriuria and selected clinical variables such as </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;</span>habit of using under garment , method of drying undergarment are statistically<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>significant (p&lt;0.01) and type of materials used for undergarment<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>is statistically<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>significant (p&lt;0.05) .<o:p></o:p></span></p>