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An exploratory study to assess reproductive morbidities and treatment seeking behaviour among married women in a selected community, Ludhiana, Punjab

: Gynecological disorders have a substantial impact on female reproductive ability, mental health ability to work and to perform routine physical activities. Health seeking behavior depends upon the perception of individual about the disease. The present study was undertaken to determine prevalence of reproductive morbidities and identify treatment seeking behaviour towards reproductive morbidities among married women. An exploratory study was conducted on conveniently selected 200 married women from Jamalpur Awana rural health center of Christian Medical College and Hospital Ludhiana, Punjab. The research tool consisted of following part: part I- Sociodemographic profile sheet, part-II Structured interview schedule to assess reproductive morbidities, treatment seeking behaviour and reasons for not seeking treatment.A house to house survey was conducted and 200 women were interviewed at their homes as per interview schedule. The study explored that one fourth of the woman (24.5%) suffered from excessive vaginal discharge, followed by pain during menstruation 18%, other reported morbidities were frequent micturition 9%, frequent menses 9%. Only 31.5% of subjects sought allopathic treatment to combat reproductive morbidities followed by Ayurvedic 10%, home remedies 7%, homeopathic treatment taken by 3% and only 2% married woman consulted faith healers. The prevalence of reproductive morbidities are high among married women hence the nurses should be vigilant about the same at the time of routine assessment and should made appropriate referrals.