PREVALENCE OF NEISSERIA GONORRHEA INFECTIONS AND ITS ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS AMONG WOMEN WITH 18-49 OLD YEARS ATTENDING KIBOGORA DISTRICT HOSPITAL FROM 2018- 2020

Abstract

Introduction: Untitled this Study ‟prevalence of Neisseria gonorrhea infections and its associated factors among 18-49 years old women attending Kibogora District Hospital”. Thisinfection is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by Neisseria gonorrhea bacterium. N. gonorrhea infects the mucous membranes of the reproductive tract, including the cervix, uterus, and fallopian tubes in, and the urethra in women and men. The Objectives of this study are (1) To determine the rate of Neisseria Gonorrheainfections among 18-49 years old women attending Kibogora District Hospital, (2) To evaluate the most affected age group by the gonorrheal infection among 18-49 years old, (3) To assess possible risk factors associated with Neisseria Gonorrhea among18-49 year’s old women attending Kibogora District Hospital. Method: The study adopted a retrospective design with quantitative approach. The study wasincluded of 226women between 18-49 years old. Secondary data from 2018-2020 were used and checklist for risk factors. Data analysis was performed using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) software, version 20. Results: This study found theprevalence of Neisseria gonorrhea infectionsamong 18-49 years old women attending Kibogora District Hospital was 27(11.9%) among 226 patients. The risk factors associated with Neisseria Gonorrhea in patients under study are Age group, marital status and sex without condom usage. This decision has been set due to the facts that the corresponding p-value associated to the Chi-square statistics of these factors is all less than the cutoff (5%). That is, for the age group χ² (9) = 2.582, p-value=0.02 , marital status χ² (8) = 7.964, p-value=0.043 and sex without condom usage χ² (14) = 27.812, p-value=0.01 . Conclusion: This study concludes that, ‟prevalence of Neisseria gonorrhea infections and its associated factors among 18-49 years old women attending Kibogora District Hospital were (11.9%) greater than the one from retrospective study conducted in Rwanda found that theprevalence of Neisseria gonorrhea from inpatient and outpatient attending Butare University Teaching Hospitalwas 5.66%. Intervention in aims at Eradication of Neisseria gonorrheaneeds to educate Women to avoid sex transmission Infection by using Condom and the Ministry of health to improve availability of these condoms in all higher population center and mass screening and treatment of high suspected persons