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. 2013 Dec 19;6(1):201–206. doi: 10.5539/gjhs.v6n1p201

Table 4.

Distribution of cases of cervical-vaginal infections based on demographic characteristics and contraceptive methods used

 
The type cervical infection
Variables None pathogen Chlamydia Condida Gardenerella Trichomonas Other* Total P value
Level of education 0.018
Illiterate 187 (44.8%) 1 (2.0%) 3 (0.7%) 187 (44.8%) 6 (1.4%) 185 (44.4%) 417
Elementary 192 (43.3%) 1 (0.2%) 4 (0.9%) 192 (43.3%) 4 (0.9%) 212 (47.9%) 443
Middle school 85 (33.6%) 0 (0.0%) 3 (1.2%) 85 (33.6%) 2 (0.8%) 147 (58.1%) 253
High school or equal 100 (36.8%) 1 (0.4%) 1 (0.4%) 100 (36.8%) 2 (0.7%) 160 (58.8%) 272
University degree 100 (36.8%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 21 (33.3%) 0 (0.0%) 40 (63.5%) 63
Age 0.31
<20 57 (38.8%) 0 (0.0%) 14 (9.5%) 1 (0.7%) 2 (1.4%) 73 (49.6%) 147
21-30 257 (40.7%) 0 (0.0%) 40 (6.3%) 7 (1.1%) 4 (0.6%) 323 (51.2%) 631
31-40 187 (40.1%) 2 (0.4%) 24 (5.2%) 2 (0.4%) 4 (0.9%) 247 (53.0%) 466
41-50 65(39.9%) 1 (0.6%) 10 (6.1%) 1 (0.6%) 4 (2.5%) 82 (50.3%) 163
>50 19 (46.3%) 0 (0.0%) 3 (7.3%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 19 (46.3%) 41
Place of residence <0.001
Urban 271 (33.5%) 2 (0.2%) 34 (4.2%) 8 (1.0%) 11 (1.4%) 483 (59.7%) 809
Rural 314 (49.1%) 1 (0.2%) 57 (8.9%) 3 (0.5%) 3 (0.5%) 261 (40.8%) 639
Contraceptive methods <0.001
LD 212 (42.8%) 2 (0.4%) 40 (8.1%) 7 (1.4%) 7 (1.4%) 239 (48.3%) 495
TP 45 (44.1%) 0 (0.0%) 7 (6.9%) 1 (1.0%) 3 (2.9%) 46 (45.1%) 102
DMPA 34 (54.0%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (1.6%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 28 (44.4%) 63
IUD 10 (21.3%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (4.3%) 2 (4.3%) 0 (0.0%) 33 (70.1%) 47
CONDOM 89 (39.7%) 0 (0.0%) 11 (4.9%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (0.9%) 122 (54.5%) 224
TL 42 (38.2%) 0 (0.0%) 8 (7.3%) 0 (0.0%) 2 (1.8%) 58 (52.7%) 110
Natural 50 (39.1%) 0 (0.0%) 8 (6.3%) 1 (0.8%) 0 (0.0%) 69 (53.8%) 128
None 58 (34.3%) 1 (0.6%) 11 (6.5%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 99 (58.6%) 169
Menopause 4 (30.8%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 9 (69.2%) 13
Other 36 (40.0%) 0 (0.0%) 3 (3.3%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%) 53 (56.7%) 92