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Gynecological complaints and their associated factors among women in a family health-care clinic

AIM: The aim of this study was to describe the most common gynecological complaints and possible associated factors among women of reproductive age attended at a family health-care clinic. METHODOLOGY: A transversal study conducted with a sample of an outpatient population consisting of women of rep...

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Autores principales: von Glehn, Mateus de Paula, Sidon, Linconl Uchôa, Machado, Eleuza Rodrigues
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5629907/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29026756
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.214982
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Sidon, Linconl Uchôa
Machado, Eleuza Rodrigues
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description AIM: The aim of this study was to describe the most common gynecological complaints and possible associated factors among women of reproductive age attended at a family health-care clinic. METHODOLOGY: A transversal study conducted with a sample of an outpatient population consisting of women of reproductive age. Pregnant women and minors were excluded. The final sample consisted of women between 18 and 49 years of age. The participants answered a questionnaire in which the complaints of the last 4 weeks were registered. They were examined, had the vaginal pH assessed, and secretion was tested using a 10% potassium hydroxide solution to verify the presence of amine odor (whiff test). RESULTS: Most participants were black or of mixed races. Considering the frequency of complaints, there were no significant differences between white and nonwhite women. There was an association between vaginal pH and discharge complaints as well as unpleasant odor, positive test of amines, smoking, and performing vaginal douches. CONCLUSIONS: Vaginal complaints were common among participants; the practice of vaginal douches was also frequent and was associated with higher pH values. The use of hormonal contraceptives was associated with lower pH values. There was no significant association between condom use and gynecological complaints, vaginal pH, or the whiff test.
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spelling pubmed-56299072017-10-12 Gynecological complaints and their associated factors among women in a family health-care clinic von Glehn, Mateus de Paula Sidon, Linconl Uchôa Machado, Eleuza Rodrigues J Family Med Prim Care Original Article AIM: The aim of this study was to describe the most common gynecological complaints and possible associated factors among women of reproductive age attended at a family health-care clinic. METHODOLOGY: A transversal study conducted with a sample of an outpatient population consisting of women of reproductive age. Pregnant women and minors were excluded. The final sample consisted of women between 18 and 49 years of age. The participants answered a questionnaire in which the complaints of the last 4 weeks were registered. They were examined, had the vaginal pH assessed, and secretion was tested using a 10% potassium hydroxide solution to verify the presence of amine odor (whiff test). RESULTS: Most participants were black or of mixed races. Considering the frequency of complaints, there were no significant differences between white and nonwhite women. There was an association between vaginal pH and discharge complaints as well as unpleasant odor, positive test of amines, smoking, and performing vaginal douches. CONCLUSIONS: Vaginal complaints were common among participants; the practice of vaginal douches was also frequent and was associated with higher pH values. The use of hormonal contraceptives was associated with lower pH values. There was no significant association between condom use and gynecological complaints, vaginal pH, or the whiff test. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5629907/ /pubmed/29026756 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.214982 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_full_unstemmed Gynecological complaints and their associated factors among women in a family health-care clinic
title_short Gynecological complaints and their associated factors among women in a family health-care clinic
title_sort gynecological complaints and their associated factors among women in a family health-care clinic
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5629907/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29026756
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4863.214982
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