Amin, Maanurfarhana Mohamed
(2013)
Prevalence and awareness of urinary
tract infection among female secondary
school students at Sekolah Menengah
Kebangsaan Kubang Kerian 1.
Project Report.
Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
(Submitted)
Abstract
Urinary tract infection is one of infection that commonly affected female
population. Substantial evidence can be found in the literature to show the prevalence as
well as facts on UT1 including risk factors, sign and symptoms, treatment and
complications. The general objectives of the study were to find the prevalence and awareness of UT1 among female adolescent in Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Kubang Kerian 1. A cross sectional study was done on 154 female students and validated
questionnaires were given to students. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistic and
Pearson Chi-square test. Results showed that the prevalence of UT1 among student was
low which was 1.3%. As for awareness, mostly the students were highly aware
regarding UT1. However, there was no association found between family relationship
and awareness (p>0.05). There was also no association found between family income
and student’s awareness (p>0.05). Besides that, the result also showed that there was no
association between treatment seeking behavior and awareness (p>0.05). Therefore,
further study need to be done to emphasized on the prevalence, preventive measures and support from family and health professionals.
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