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Abstract
Urinary tract infection is one of the most frequently ’medical’ conditions complicate of pregnancy, (MacLean., 2001).
UTI can lead to serious obstetric complications, poor maternal and perinatal outcomes e.g. intrauterine growth restriction, pre-eclampsia, caesarean delivery and preterm deliveries. Furthermore, it has been observed that asymptomatic bacteriuria can lead to cystitis and pyelonephritis which can lead to transient renal failure, sepsis and shock during pregnancy (Hamdan et al., 2011)
This work aim to:-
Estimate frequency of urinary tract infection among studied pregnant women and assess the risk factors of urinary tract infection among the studied group.
Acase control study nested in cross sectional study was carried out on calculated sample of pregnant women who were attending antenatal care in Berket El Sabae family health center Menoufia Governorate during period from the first of December 2014 to the end of May2015.They were 250.
1) Data was collected from pregnant women through history taking using predesigned questionnaire which was included: age , occupation , education , complaint , present history , past history , obstetric history , personal hygiene.
2) Urine sample was collected from the studied women for analysis.
Summary
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The results of this study revealed that : the frequency of urinary tract infection among pregnant women attending Berket el Sabae family health center was( 32%). The majority of infected pregnant women (63.3%) had severe infection >20 pus cells /mm3.Regarding sociodemographic factors, it was found that, the mean age of infected and non infected women was (26.46±4.6 and 32.9±4.57) respectively and , most of them were from urban areas .Most of them were housewifes. Dysuria, frequency were the most common symptom 100%&most of the women had urgency 88.6%. Abnormal color of urine was reported among 97.5 % of cases.
Also, 47.2 % of recruited cases used contraceptive method. The highest number of cases used IUD as contraceptive method (35.6 %).
Also, the result of this study revealed that, the most important of risk factors predisposing for the development of UTI during pregnancy were some unsatisfactory personal hygiene, ,past history of UTI and presence of constipation.
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CONCLUSION
Finally, The result concluded that:
The results of this study revealed that : the frequency of urinary tract infection among pregnant women attending Berket el sabae family health center was( 32%). The majority of infected pregnant women (63.3%) had severe infection >20 pus cells /mm3.Regarding sociodemographic factors, it was found that, the mean age of infected and non infected women was (26.46±4.6 and 32.9±4.57)respectively and , most of them were from urban areas .Most of them were housewifes. Dysuria, frequency were the most common symptom 100%&most of the women had urgency 88.6%. Abnormal color of urine was reported among 97.5 % of cases,also, 47.2 % of recruited cases used contraceptive method. The highest number of cases used IUD as contraceptive method (35.6 %).