[Investigation on reproductive tract infection among floating married women of childbearing age in Fengtai district in Beijing].
OBJECTIVE
In order to develop plans for effective intervention measures, prevalence and health-seeking behavior related to reproductive tract infection among floating married women of childbearing age in Fengtai district in Beijing were studied.


METHODS
Cross-sectional study was carried out. Two thousand and sixty-nine eligible women were randomly selected from strata based on their home provinces. From June to July 2001, the subjects were given face-to-face interview at the Fengtai family planning clinic in Beijing using standard questionnaire followed by gynecologic examination and laboratory tests.


RESULTS
Thirty point three percent of the subjects were found to have reproductive tract infections (RTI) by laboratory tests. Prevalence rates of bacterial vaginosis, candida and trichomonas vaginitis were 22.2%, 4.9% and 2.1% respectively. Prevalence rates of chlamydia, gonorrhea, condyloma acuminatum and syphilis were 2.2%, 1.6%, 0.5% and 0.2% respectively. Of these infected women, only 43.1% (270/626) were symptomatic, and 61.5% (166/270) of these women with symptoms had sought treatment.


CONCLUSIONS
Compared to other results in the literature, we found a relatively high prevalence of RTI in our study population. Only a small proportion of these infected women were symptomatic but only few of them sought treatment. We suggested that the provision of more family planning service and promotion of RTI knowledge to the floating women of childbearing age.
Zhang
Li-jie
LJ
Institute of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
Geng
Yu-tian
YT
An
Hui-yan
HY
Gao
Shu-yun
SY
Zhang
Ling
L
Cen
Yang
Y
Zeng
Guang
G
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014195:Travel; D014247:Trichomonas Vaginitis / Q000453:epidemiology; D014504:Urban Health; D014627:Vaginitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D016585:Vaginosis, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014932:Women's Health Services