A study on genitourinary health problems and health seeking behaviour among women in a selected setting of Mangaluru

Blessy Mary Samuel; Sr. Judy

Volume : VII, Issue : XI, November - 2017

A study on genitourinary health problems and health seeking behaviour among women in a selected setting of Mangaluru

Blessy Mary Samuel, Sr. Judy

Abstract :

A descriptive exploratory survey design was carried out among 300 women age group between 35–55 years who were selected by Convenience sampling technique with the purpose to assess the symptoms of Genitourinary Health Problems and Health Seeking Behavior among women and to find out the correlation between symptoms of Genitourinary Health Problems and Health Seeking Behavior. The result shows that more predominant urinary problems were “Get up from night sleep to urinate” (35 %) followed by, Dribbling of urine on cough, weight lifting, laughing etc. (30 %) Persistent urge to urine (30 %). Highest observed genital symptoms were “Itching in the genital area” (19%) followed by Excessive secretions in the vagina (16.7 %).There is a strong positive relation between Genitourinary Health Problems and Health Seeking Behaviour. There is an association between Genitourinary Health Problems and Demographic Variables such as past experience of genitourinary health problems, menopause attainment, and investigation activity.