Table 2. frequency d istribution of individual hygiene.
| Performance | In negative BV individuals | In positive BV individuals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual vaginal hygiene criteria |
always | sometime | never | always | sometime | never | X2 |
| 1-Regular underwear changing | 74.7% | 72.2% | 69.1% | 25.3% | 27.8% | 30.9% | X2= 1.47 Non significant df=2 |
| 2-Underwear washing with hot water | 76.2% | 77% | 63.5% | 23.8% | 23% | 36.5% | X2= 9.12 significant df=2 p<0.025 |
| 3-sunlight drying of underwear | 72.5% | 79.6% | 59.4% | 27.5% | 20.4% | 40.6% | X2=4.18 Non significant df=2 |
| 4-use of loss underwear | 72.2% | 82.3% | 33.3% | 27.8% | 17.7% | 66.7% | X2=17.65 Significant df=2 p<0.001 |
| 5-Ironing underwear before use | 69.4% | 74% | 72.5% | 30.6% | 26% | 37.5% | X2=0.2 Non significant df=2 |
| 6-driness of underwear during day | 77.9% | 68% | 61.9% | 22.1% | 32% | 38.1% | X2=9.03 Significant df=2 p<0.025 |
| 7-front to back douching and cleaning of genital area | 77.1% | 59.7% | 62.7% | 22.9% | 40.3% | 37.3% | X2=13.27 Significant df=2 p<0.005 |
| 8-drying of genital area after douching | 76.4% | 79.6% | 69.8% | 23.6% | 20.4% | 30.2% | X2= 3.38 Non significant df=2 |
| 9-use of privet bathroom | 74.9% | 73.3% | 67.5% | 25.7% | 26.7% | 32.5% | X2=2.86 Non significant df=2 |
| 10-use of personal bathing equipment | 78% | 72.7% | 65% | 22% | 27.3% | 35% | X2=9.44 Significant df=2 p<0.01 |
| 11-sanitation of bathroom before use | 79.5% | 58.6% | 52.4% | 20.5% | 41.4% | 47.6% | X2=28.14 Significant df=2 p<0.001 |
| 12-bathing in standing position | 81.7% | 69.8% | 69.4% | 18.3% | 30.2% | 30.6% | X2=6.8 Significant df=2 p<0.05 |
| 13-sun drying of bathing equipment | 77.6% | 60.5% | 64.5% | 22.4% | 39.5% | 35.5% | X2=13.01 Significant df=2 p<0.005 |