Women's Knowledge and Experience of Abnormal Vaginal Discharge Living in Estates in Colombo District, Sri Lanka

Awareness about the causes for excessive vaginal discharge is very important to detect pathological entities from physiological forms in early stages to prevent associated complications. This study was aimed to describe knowledge and experience related to vaginal discharge among females aged 18 to 49 years living in estate communities in the Colombo District, Sri Lanka.
This was a community based cross-sectional study of 550 females using an interviewer-administered questionnaire. Both descriptive and chi square analysis were used for data analysis.
Nearly 78% of the participants were Tamil (n = 428) and the mean age was 33.8 (SD: ±8.15) years. For the knowledge on vaginal discharge, 98.5% had obtained Majority of the study participants had poor knowledge on vaginal discharge displaying the inability to differentiate normal from abnormal. It is recommended to increase awareness to improve health seeking behaviour towards excessive vaginal discharge.