Table 4. Prevalence of symptoms and health outcomes among schoolgirls participants.
| Health status | N = 358 |
|---|---|
| Mental health | |
| Depression* | |
| Modified Beck Depression Inventory II1,2, median (IQR) | 11 (7, 15) |
| Depression, n (%) | 74 (21) |
| Physical health | |
| Urinary Tract Infection Symptoms | |
| Feeling of burning or discomfort when urinating (dysuria) in the preceding 24 hours, n (%) | 82 (23) |
| Passing urine more than once at night (urinary frequency) in the preceding 24 hours, n (%) | 56 (16) |
| Cloudy urine or blood in urine in the preceding 24 hours, n (%) | 86 (24) |
| Foul-smelling urine in the preceding 24 hours, n (%) | 64 (18) |
| Lower abdominal or vaginal pain | 221 (62) |
| At least one symptom suggestive of urinary tract infection in the preceding 24hr, n(%) | 269 (75) |
| Urine dipstick results** | |
| Leucocyte esterase positive, n (%) | 42 (12) |
| Nitrite positive, n (%) | 3 (<1) |
| Blood positive, n(%) | 10 (3) |
| Urine dipstick results suggestive of UTI, n (%) | 3 (<1) |
| Reproductive Tract Infection Symptoms | |
| Abnormal vaginal discharge | 79 (22) |
| Foul-smelling/fishy smell from genital area | 61 (17) |
| Burning or itching of genitalia | 161 (45) |
| At least one symptom suggestive of reproductive tract infection in the preceding 2 months, n (%) | 168 (47) |
1Beck AT, Steer RA, Garbin MG. Psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory: Twenty-Five years of evaluation. Clin Psychol Rev 1988; 8:77–100.
2Beck AT, Steer RA, Brown GK. BDI-II: Beck Depression Inventory Manual. 2nd Ed. San Antonio, TX: Psychological Corporation; 1996.
*Depression screening using modified Depression Inventory II, Depression if score >16
** Collected in 352 participants (98%)