Assessment of Pregnant Woman's Awareness Regarding Urinary Tract Infection in Babylon Maternity Teaching Hospital

Abstract

Back ground: The most common bacterial infection during pregnancy is urinary tract infection its may be symptomatic  and estimated that20 % of women will experience this  infection in their lifetime, and the probability of infection is 30 time  than men

Objectives: The mainobjectives of the study was determined the assessment of pregnant women's awareness regarding the urinary tract infection .

MethodologyA descriptive study was conductedin Babyl Maternity Hospital in Hilla City during the period December 20^th 2020-Febreary20th  2021. The sample of the study included (purposive) sample (100) pregnant women with urinary tract infection the data were collected through the use of interview questionnaire and checklist.

Results: The study show the range of study sample was from(20-25) years(71%) and more than half of them with low education level , the urban residences were predominated its (76%) and most of them were employ (77%) with enough monthly income and in related to obstetric history the result reflect (40%) of sample they were having one abortion they were visited the antenatal care center one time and (62%) of them were in the second trimester of pregnancy, mostly of them without medical history,the studysample were having poor awareness regarding urinary tract infection because of low of education level according toIraqi educational sheet (Unicef, 2020). Conclusion: The overall awareness at low level of   score , therefore the study recommending suggested that the prenatal care services should be readjusted about the risks of UTduring pregnancy.