Proportion of asymptomatic bacteriuria among pregnant women: A cross sectional study

Mrs. Akhila Nair M.P; Mrs. Malathi.D

Volume : VII, Issue : XII, December - 2018

Proportion of asymptomatic bacteriuria among pregnant women: A cross sectional study

Mrs. Akhila Nair M. P, Mrs. Malathi. D

Abstract :

A descriptive study was conducted on proportion of asymptomatic bacteriuria among pregnant women. Descriptive design was used as research design. Purposive sampling technique was adopted and 210 antenatal mothers who completed 34 weeks of gestation were selected. The tool used for data collection consisted of socio-personal variables, clinical variables and urine culture and sensitivity report to assess the proportion of asymptomatic bacteriuria among pregnant women. The data was collected by self-reporting method. Data were tabulated and analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result showed that majority (87.6%) of the subjects had no asymptomatic bacteriuria and only 12.4% of the subjects had asymptomatic bacteriuria. Findings showed that there was an association between proportion of asymptomatic bacteriuria and selected clinical variables such as habit of using under garment , method of drying undergarment are statistically significant (p<0.01) and type of materials used for undergarment is statistically significant (p<0.05) .