Original article                                                              

UDC: 614.2-057.875:618

doi:10.5633/amm.2011.0403

 

 

Gynecological healthcare service utilization in respect to habits and lifestyles of the female university students in Serbia

 

 

 Vladica Veličković¹, Aleksandar Višnjić^1,2, Slađana Jović¹, Miodrag Stojanović^1,2, Olivera Radulović^1,2 and Nataša Đinđić¹

 

 

Faculty of Medicine, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia¹

Institute of Public Health in Niš, Serbia²

 

 

The aim of the paper was to determine the frequency of gynecological examinations among the female university students in Serbia as well as a potential association with certain habits and lifestyles.

            The research was conducted at the three Serbian state universities in the period January-June in the academic year 2008/09 and included 1.164 female university students using a method of random sampling.

In total, 18% of female university students said that they had never visited the gynecologist. The least concerned about their health when making the choice of food they eat and the least physically active were the females who had never visited the gynecologist. The females who had visited the gynecologist less than two times estimated themselves as healthier (p<0.05) as well as the girls who had the first gynecological examination before the age of 20. The girls who visited the gynecologist for the first time before they reached 20 years of age used condoms more consistently.

 Planning and organization of a broad spectrum of activities arranged at the faculties should focus the students' attention on the gynecological healthcare and adequately solve them. Acta Medica Medianae 2011;50(4):17-22.

 

Key words: gynecological healthcare, female university students, habits, lifestyles

 

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