Knowledge Awareness and Consequences on some Allied Factors of Uterus Diseases for Ever-Married Women in Kola Union, Badalgachhi, Naogaon District of Bangladesh

Abstract

Background Women reproductive health is always treated as a neglected matter in most of the countries in the world especially in developing country. Uterus disease has become an important issue in Bangladesh. Women are either not aware about the uterus disease or refuse to seek health care due to economic, unsecure society and time constrains unless suffering from alarming symptoms. Objective The aim of the study is to investigate the awareness, knowledge and perception about uterus disease among ever married women. Method A total of 300 respondents (ever married women) data are collected using structured questionnaire for direct interview. Descriptive and bivariate analysis is used to examine the significance of considered independent factors to dependent. Result It has revealed that about 73.3% ever married women have knowledge about uterus disease but their knowledge is very poor. Among them about 38.7% get knowledge about uterus disease from health worker and 31.0% from doctors. Again out of total ever married women, about 47.3% are directly affected by uterus disease. Among them about 12.3% suffer for bulky or prolapsed uterus, 32.3% for infection, 2.3% for tumor and only 0.7% for uterine cancer. In contingency analysis, it has revealed that age of the respondents, educational status and husband education, family types, age at first marriage, abortion, suffering for likoria, irregular period, urgent urination, pain during or after menstrual period, cramping during menstruation, menstrual bleeding, prolonged menstrual bleeding and more than one time menstruation in a month have significant association with uterus diseases. Conclusion Uterus disease may reduce through proper education and developing socioeconomic condition of the people. Therefore, government should take proper step to create awareness about uterus diseases among women and in their counter partner.