The relationship between socio-demographic and midwifery factors with delay in seeking help for genital warts patients

Introduction: It is important to timely refer in order to diagnosis and treatment of genital warts and preventing disease transmission. Therefore, identifying the socio-demographic and obstetric effective factors is important in the delay of patient's seeking-help. The present study was performed aimed to investigate the relationship between demographic, social and obstetric factors with seeking-help delay in patients with genital warts. Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was performed in 2019 on 130 women with genital warts referred to the gynecology clinic of Al-Zahra Hospital in Rasht. Inclusion criteria were confirmation of the diagnosis of genital wart based on clinical examination and laboratory tests and a maximum of six months after diagnosis. Data collection tools included socio-demographic form, midwifery form and a researcher-made questionnaire to assess patient’s delay. A delay of more than 7 days in referral for definitive diagnosis and treatment was considered as a delay in patient's seeking help. Data were analyzed by SPSS software (version 21) and Chi-square, Fisher, Mann-Whitney tests and logistic regression. P