The rate of diagnosis and demography of pelvic inflammatory disease in general practice: England and Wales
The rate of diagnosis and demography of pelvic inflammatory disease in general practice: England and Wales
复制标题
DOI：
10.1258/0956462991914447
复制
发表时间：
1999-07-01
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
Charlett, A
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
Simms, I;Rogers, P;Charlett, A
盆腔炎（PID）流行病学知识是了解妇女生殖发病率的关键。本文估计PID诊断率在全科医学（GP）和PID诊断和人口统计学因素之间的关联水平。在16至46岁的妇女中，有1.7%的人被诊断为PID。PID风险增加与吸烟有关（P
Knowledge of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) epidemiology is essential to the understanding of reproductive morbidity in women. This paper estimates the rate of PID diagnosis in general practice (GP) and the level of association between PID diagnosis and demographic factors. Diagnoses of PID were made at 1.7% of attendances amongst women aged 16 to 46. Increased risk of PID was associated with smoking (P