Prevalence of perianal diseases and associated factors in primigravida women: A hospital-based cross-sectional study

To define the incidence of anorectal diseases in primigravida women as well as in the first month after delivery and the factors affecting the development of anorectal diseases. The sample size was determined as 328 primigravida women. Research data were collected from pregnant women who applied to Gynecology and Obstetrics Polyclinic, Kars Harakani State Hospital Gynecology and General Surgery Polyclinic, Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey, between November 2020 and August 2021.The pregnant women were examined and surveyed 4 times; in the second and third trimesters, on the day after delivery, and in the first month after delivery. Chi-square test was used in the analysis of the data determined by counting. Variables which were statistically significant (