Reproductive Health Morbidities Among the Adolescent Rural Married Girls

DOI: https://doi.org/10.47648/jmsr.2008.v1001.01

Shampa R M1 , Khan Md. S H2 , Nazneen Q N3 , Rubyat A4 , Mazid A5

Abstract

A crass sectional study was done on 120 adolescent married girls of Chars,'!lumina village of Sirajganj district with she objective to identify the portent of reproductive health problems among the adolescent married nay! girls. The respondents were selected from 250 households having adolescents marred girls by simple random sampling. There was purposive selection of sample sh.r. A structured pretested interview schedule was used as a data collection instrument. The study revealed that majority (57.5%) of the respondents were between 10 and 14 years of age. A good percentage (80%) of the married girls had their menarche by the age between 10 and 12 years with mean of 11.3 years. Nearly 53% were married ea the age between 10 and 13 and the mean age at marriage was 13 years. Majority (78%) of the rural girls had their first pregnancy at age 15-19 years with a mean age of 15.9 years. Aboul reproductive health problems among the study population, nearly 16% of them reported about vaginal discharge. another 16% were found to suffer front varying degrees of menstrual disturbances. 8% had genital prolapse. nearly 4% had vesicovaginal fistula and about 8% had perinea! rear. Nearly 16% had infertility and only 8% reported about no reproductive problems. All of the respondents who had pregnancy and child birth suffered from more or less pregnancy and child birth related complications. Majority (20%) of them had given the history of abortion and another 20% reported abota hemorrhage after their past delivery. Nearly 8% of them told about prolong labour pain and about 16% had perinea! tear during their last child birth.

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  1. Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine

    Medical College for Women & Hospital. Uttara, Dhaka

  2. Professor and Head of the Department, Community Medicine

    Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College, Dhaka

  3. Programme Officer

    Engender Health, Dhaka

  4. Lecturer, Department of Community Medicine

    Ibn Sina Medical College, Dhaka

  5. Assistant Professor, Department of Comrounity Medicine

    Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College, Dhaka


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