TY - JOUR AU - Rajadhyaksha, Nikita G. AU - Kasbe, Abhiram M. PY - 2022/07/27 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Socio demographic factors to assess leucorrhoea in married women of reproductive age group in an urban slum community JF - International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health JA - Int J Community Med Public Health VL - 9 IS - 8 SE - Original Research Articles DO - 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20222029 UR - https://www.ijcmph.com/index.php/ijcmph/article/view/9957 SP - 3230-3235 AB - <p><strong>Background:</strong> Reproductive health is a critical part of general health and reproductive tract infections create a major health problem in developing nations. Leucorrhoea is a common but difficult condition to treat due to its uncertain aetiology. A variety of factors put women at risk of these infections and socio demographic factors play a substantial role. The purpose of the study was to find the prevalence of leucorrhoea and socio demographic risk factors associated with it.</p><p><strong>Methods:</strong> A community based cross-sectional study of 350 women aged between 18-49 years residing in an urban slum of Mumbai, having white discharge for more than 2 weeks. Systematic random sampling used. Statistical analysis of the significance of association of different socio demographic variables was done.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The prevalence of leucorrhoea was found to be 66.9%. It was found to be 48% in women aged 23-32 years with predominance amongst the Muslim population (i.e.,74%) and those belonging to Socio-economic class 2 had a higher proportion (i.e.,74.4%). Education had miser influence on leucorrhoea.</p><p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Routine screening and periodic surveys to detect the pattern of discharge are needed to understand the common problem of leucorrhoea and help initiate appropriate medical treatment and personal hygiene.</p> ER -