Table 1.
Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants
| Variables | Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) | |
| Mean (+/− SD) age (years) | 33 (+/− 6.9) | - | |
| Mean (+/−SD) infertility duration (years) | 2.7 (+/− 2) | - | |
| Residence (N=137) | Urban | 88 | 64.2 |
| Rural | 49 | 35.8 | |
|
Level of education (N=137) |
Uneducated | 3 | 2.2 |
| Primary | 10 | 7.3 | |
| Secondary | 50 | 36.5 | |
| Tertiary | 74 | 54.0 | |
|
Recruitment clinic (N=137) |
Bugando Medical Centre | 133 | 97.1 |
| Kamanga Hospital | 2 | 1.4 | |
| Manjis health care centre | 2 | 1.4 | |
|
History of fever (N=137) |
Yes | 3 | 2.2 |
| No | 134 | 97.8 | |
|
Previous antibiotic (N=137) |
Yes | 22 | 16.1 |
| No | 115 | 83.9 | |
|
Duration of antibiotic use (N=22) |
≤ 5 days | 13 | 59.1 |
| 1 week | 2 | 9.1 | |
| 2 weeks | 6 | 27.3 | |
| 1 month | 1 | 4.5 | |
|
Type of antibiotic used (N=22) |
Ceftriaxone | 9 | 40.9 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 8 | 36.4 | |
| Azythromycin | 3 | 13.6 | |
| Cotrimoxazole | 1 | 4.5 | |
| Amoxycillin | 1 | 4.5 | |
| History of UTI (N=137) | Yes | 25 | 18.3 |
| No | 112 | 81.7 | |
|
UTI treatment facility (N=25) |
Healthcare facility | 18 | 72 |
| Pharmacy or drug shops | 7 | 28 | |
| History of STD (N=137) | Yes | 5 | 3.7 |
| No | 132 | 96.3 | |
| STD treatment (N=137) | Complete | 4 | 80 |
| Incomplete | 1 | 20 | |
| Catheterization (N=137) | Yes | 1 | 0.7 |
| No | 136 | 99.3 | |
|
Other co-morbid (N=137) |
Yes (Hypertension) | 1 | 0.7 |
| No | 136 | 99.3 | |