Table 3: Risk factors for infectious vaginitis.
| Factors |
Number
(N=130)
|
Percentage |
| Practice of using cloth napkins during menstrual period |
91 |
70% |
| Previous infection of reproductive organ |
46 |
36% |
| Sexually Transmitted diseases |
19 |
15% |
| Oral contraceptive use |
16 |
13% |
| Recent antibiotics/steroid use |
15 |
12% |
| Pregnancy |
15 |
12% |
| Diabetes |
6 |
5% |
| *Cleanness of reproductive organ |
130 |
100% |
Note: 91 (70%) use cloth pad, out of which 48% use both old cloth napkins pad as well as commercially available disposable sanitary pad during their menstruation period whereas 22% use only plain old cloth napkins pad. Only 39 (30%) use commercially available sanitary disposable pad).
* frequency of cleanness of reproductive organ –out of 130 patients cleanness of reproductive organ (vagina) represent as follows:1 time/day -33(25%), 2 time/day -63(49%), more than 2 time/day -34(26%)