UTI among female workers in a selected garment industry of Dhaka city: A cross sectional study

A cross sectional study was conducted among 110 female workers of Topaz garment industry, located in Tejgoan industrial area of Dhaka city to find out the occurrence of Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in relation to their age, education level, marital status, monthly income, nature of job, drinking of water, toilet (micturition) habit, pattern of drug sensitivity and symptoms of UTI. Majority of the respondents were within the age of 20-24 years (36.4%) followed by that of 25-29 years (30.9%). Mean age of the workers was 23.91 ± SD 5.6 years. Most (58.2%) of them were illiterate and their mean monthly income was Taka 1523±SD 465.6. Among the total respondents about 54.5% complained about urinary problem, but 18 (16.4%) suffered from laboratory diagnosed UTI. Marital status, drinking habit, toilet habit and nature of job apparently found to have effect on UTI. The respondents who have good drinking habit and good toilet habit were less prone to develop UTI.