Community based cross-sectional study on treatment seeking behavior of rural adolescent girls

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dc.contributor.authorShwetabhen_US
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Sanjayen_US
dc.contributor.authorRoy, Chittaranjanen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-02T10:11:21Z
dc.date.available2019-12-02T10:11:21Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Adolescence is critical period of life. Many adolescent females suffer from menstrual and other reproductive problems. Materials and methods: Cross sectional community based study was conducted upon adolescent girls residing in rural field practice area of medical college hospital. Morbidity profile and treatment seeking behavior were assessed. Results: Mean age was 14.97 ± 2.09 years. 68.7% were literate. Majority of them belonged to social class IV and V (73.9%). 59.3% had attained menarche. 17.3% were married. 32% suffered from dysmenorrhoea, 24% from premenstrual syndrome and 27.3% from irregular menstrual bleeding. 30% had whitish discharge per vaginum, 13.3% suffered from lower abdominal pain, 19.3% from backache and 11.3% from UTI. 15.3% did not take any treatment and 19.3% tried home based remedies. 22% consulted government hospital and 33.3% tool treatment from private doctor. Conclusion: Many adolescent girls did not seek treatment for their problemsen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsEx-Senior Resident, Department of Community Medicine, IGIMS, Patna, Bihar, India, drshwetabh@gmail.comen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsProfessor and Head, Department of Community Medicine, IGIMS, Patna, Bihar, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsProfessor, Department of Community Medicine, Darbhanga Medical College, Darbhanga, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationShwetabh, Kumar Sanjay, Roy Chittaranjan. Community based cross-sectional study on treatment seeking behavior of rural adolescent girls. International Archives of Integrated Medicine. 2019 Mar; 6(3): 283-286en_US
dc.identifier.issn2394-0026
dc.identifier.issn2394-0034
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/187295
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherEducational Society for Excellenceen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber3en_US
dc.relation.volume6en_US
dc.subjectAdolescent girlsen_US
dc.subjectCross Sectional Studyen_US
dc.subjectReproductive morbidityen_US
dc.subjectRural areaen_US
dc.titleCommunity based cross-sectional study on treatment seeking behavior of rural adolescent girlsen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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