Infertile Women's Awareness About Sexually Transmitted Disease in Al-Najaf City, Iraq

Abstract

The study aim to identify women's awareness regarding sexually transmitted diseases and to find out the relationship between women's awareness and their demographic data (age, marital status, number of children, residency, educational level, occupation, using contraceptives, contraceptive methods, source of information about menopause problems). A cross-sectional descriptive approach was carried out through the present study in order to achieve the objectives stated earlier. The study was begun from December 2^nd, 2023, to May 1^st, 2024. The study is conducted in Al-Najaf City in Iraq in an infertility center. A non-probability (Purposive sample) sample of one hundred (130) women who attended infertility centers at Al-Najaf Al-Ashraf. The data collection is done by constructing a questionnaire by the interview technique with each woman, using the Arabic questionnaire version, and it consists of three parts: Part 1 includes socio-demographic characteristics, Part 2 Include (10) items concerned with information about STD, and part 3 concerned with infertile women's awareness about symptoms of STD. Validity of the study instrument is conducted through a panel of experts with years of experience in nursing. Results revealed that the majority the women recorded fair knowledge for overall items. There is a significant difference in the women's overall Knowledge level and Demographic Characteristics, at a p-value of less than 0.05, except for age, residence, and use of contraceptives; the p-value was more than 0.05. The majority of the women recorded fair awareness regarding sexually transmitted diseases. Recommendations about sexually transmitted diseases during antenatal health care for (secondary infertile women) by using panflet that explain about STD. Sexually transmitted disease, during antenatal health care for (primary infertile women) by advice and health teaching during visits to the infertile center.