caa a22 4500 445311045 CHVBK 20180317142630.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00404-010-1805-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00404-010-1805-6 Vaginal douching practice and related symptoms in a rural area of Turkey [Elektronische Daten] [Ali Güzel, Umur Kuyumcuoğlu, Yusuf Celik] Purpose: To investigate vaginal douching habits and associated factors among women living in rural Turkey. Methods: This study was performed in the gynecology department of a government hospital in a rural area of Turkey, from February to March 2010. The study included 393 women admitted to the gynecology clinic. The age, marital status, education, socioeconomic status, reason for vaginal douching, douching frequency, symptoms, and previous treatments were investigated. All of the subjects were asked about the use of, frequency, and reason for vaginal douching. Significant risk factors in the vaginal douching group and odds coefficients were found using binary logistic regression. Results: The major symptoms of the subjects were itching and vaginal discharge. Of the 393 women, 317 (80.66%) performed vaginal douching and all of them had recurrent or treatment-resistant mixed agent vulvovaginitis. The majority of the women douched for ritual cleansing or washing before prayer (n=278; 91.6%). The majority of the cases (n=354; 90.1%) were of lower socioeconomic and educational status. The odds ratios and 95% confidence interval (CI) of the risk variables vaginal douching frequency, cervical motion tenderness, dyspareunia, and vaginal itching were 9.39 (2.07-42.48), 7.31 (2.08-25.64), 6.52 (2.26-18.78), and 1.46 (1.22-1.74), respectively. Conclusions: In our region, vaginal douching is a common practice among women, especially those of lower socioeconomic and educational status. Clinicians should inform patients about the risks of vaginal douching to minimize the risks associated with this behavior. Springer-Verlag, 2010 Vaginal douching nationallicence Religious causes nationallicence Risk factors nationallicence Symptoms nationallicence Güzel Ali Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ergani State Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey aut Kuyumcuoğlu Umur Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey aut Celik Yusuf Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, School of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey aut Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics Springer-Verlag 284/5(2011-11-01), 1153-1156 0932-0067 284:5<1153 2011 284 404 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-010-1805-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-010-1805-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Güzel Ali Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ergani State Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kuyumcuoğlu Umur Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Celik Yusuf Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, School of Medicine, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics Springer-Verlag 284/5(2011-11-01), 1153-1156 0932-0067 284:5<1153 2011 284 404 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer