Table 3:

Awareness and symptoms of sexually transmitted infections among women with mental illness (n=404).

Items	Categories
	Yes	No	No response
	n(%)	n(%)	n(%)
Have you ever heard of diseases that can be transmitted through sexual intercourse, other than HIV/AIDS?	26 (6.4)	377 (93.3)	1 (0.3)
Awareness of signs and symptoms of sexually transmitted infections
Abdominal pain	4 (15.3)
Foul-smelling vaginal discharge	9 (35)
Genital ulcers/sores	1 (3.7)
Don’t know	12 (46)
Have you had any unusual genital discharge in the past 12 months, such as foul-smelling or green/curd-like discharge?	62 (15.3)	342 (84.7)	0 (0)
Have you had any genital ulcers or sores in the past 12 months?	58 (14.4)	346 (85.6)	0 (0)
The last time you had any unusual genital discharge, genital ulcers, or sores, did you seek treatment?	44 (36.7)	76 (63.3)	0 (0)
Reason for not taking treatment
Feeling ashamed		70 (92.1)
Could not afford		6 (7.9)

Data presented is frequency with percentage in parenthesis. HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus, AIDS: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome