Prevalence of bacterial vaginosis: Assessment of sociodemographic characteristics among the reproductive age women
Sahanapriya Gubbewad1 , Jayashima Rao4 , Meenakshi S Devarmani3 , Sujatha Inginshetty2 , and Chandrakanth Kelmani R1*
1Department of Biotechnology Gulbarga University Kalaburagi-585106 (India) 2Department of Statistics Gulbarga University Kalaburagi-585106 (India) 3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mahadevappa Rampure Medical College Kalaburagi-585105 (India) 4Department of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases, Carilion Clinic Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Roanoke, USA. gubbewadsahanapriya85@gmail.com, JRao@carilionclinic.org, drmeenakshisd@gmail.com, sujathainginshetty22@gmail.com, ckelmani@gmail.com. *Corresponding Author: Dr. Chandrakanth Kelmani R. Senior Professor Dept. of Biotechnology Gulbarga university, Kalaburagi-585106 Karnataka (India) E. Mail: ckelmani@gmail.com , Mobile: +91 - 9449439340
ABSTRACT
Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is caused by the shift in the vaginal flora from hydrogen peroxide-producing lactobacilli to other bacteria. Nugent’s score and Amsel criteria are used as the standard methods to diagnose bacterial vaginosis. In present study prevalence of BV is calculated and also the association between various sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the participants with the presence and absence of BV are studied using the Chi-square test. The clinical characteristics were analyzed for 150 study participants, which revealed that there is no significant association of clue cells with BV With an odds ratio of 0.7563 (CI: 0.382,1.499) and the P value of 0.4228. while Whiff’s test and pH significant results with an odds ratio of 0.229 (CI: 0.009,0.061) and 0.2971 (CI: 0.130,0.681) respectively with P values less than 0.05 Among the clinical characteristics to identify the BV, Whiff’s test and pH were found to be the most effective methods. Using these diagnosis methods for all the women of reproductive age attending the outpatient department of obstetrics and gynecology would help to identify the asymptomatic BV individuals in the early stage and would help to maintain the health of women and overcome the adverse health effects.