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Introduction
According to a 2014 surveillance analysis, approximately 1 in every 272 women in the US suffers from the pelvic inflammatory disease each year (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). The same report furthered suggests that 1 in every 8 patient experiences difficulty in pregnancy. Given the alarming statistics, the incidence rate continues to increase considering that pelvic inflammatory disease often goes undetected because women who were infected with the disease can hardly tell when they already at risk. While numerous literature and informative references have identified a number of risk factors to speculate PID, it is still proven insufficient because not everyone is aware of the distinctions of sexually transmitted diseases like Chlamydia or Gonorrhea (Adler, 2008). Furthermore, women are also embarrassed to seek medical attention for consultation regarding sexually transmitted diseases (Sweet, 2011). Thus, there is a pressing need to create a model that could help women self-determine whether they are already at risks of PID without necessarily needing to check whether they could also be suffering from sexually transmitted diseases like Chlamydia or Gonorrhea. This paper would like to create a model or a framework that could immediate alert women to suspect whether they are suffering from PID. The framework does not necessarily have to be invasive, nor should it be embarrassing for women to ensure early detection thereby preventing the condition from getting worse.
Statement of the Problem
Given the alarming statistics associated with the growing incidence of pelvic inflammatory disease in the United States as indicated by a survey study conducted by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, this paper formulated this general research question to help guide the flow of the study:
Is there a non-invasive, less embarrassing gauge or matrix that could easily be used by women to alert herself to suspect that she could probably be already suffering from a pelvic inflammatory disease without needing to get tested from sexually transmitted disease?
Scope and Limitation of the Study
In the majority of academic literature written regarding the pelvic inflammatory disease, the authors have already acknowledged the PID often goes undetected until it becomes worst and complications have already been in place. Unfortunately, while numerous studies have already suggested that sexually transmitted disease, age-specific qualification, and activeness in sexual activity are risk factors, there had not been sufficient studies to claim any specificity that would concentrate on the use of one’s sexual activeness to gauge the possible detection of PID. Hence, this study would like to concentrate on evaluating the quality of sexual experience as an effective measure to detect pelvic inflammatory disease.
This study will concentrate on qualifying any report of pain associated during the coital period as an effective measure to alert women that they can most possibly be afflicted with pelvic inflammatory disease (Charndabee, 2007; Stoelting-Gettelfinger, 2010). In a study initiated by authors Crittle and Peipert (2014), they found that lower abdominal pains during coitus have been identified among 88.9% of the 112 sample population. However, the purpose of the study is to name and identify as many risk factors as possible to aid in the diagnosis of pelvic inflammatory diseases.
Significance of the Study
This study is designed to help the different sectors of the society who are initially adversely affected by the pelvic inflammatory disease. Considering the complexity of determining whether one if affected with the disease, the proponent of this study deemed it necessary to create a matrix or guide that would immediately alert women to suspect that they can already be suffering from the highly pregnancy-compromising disease. Among those who will benefit from this study include the following:
Women. They are those who are severely affected with the disease. This paper would help women be alerted immediately regarding any risk that might confront them simply by assessing the type and location of pain associated during coitus.
Health Professionals. This paper would help health professionals identify the women who need medical assistance following experiencing the determining factor that would alert women to suspect that they have pelvic inflammatory disease. This will be an additional resource for health professionals in assessing women for pelvic inflammatory disease.
Future Researcher. This paper would only open a door for a further academic pursuit that would help prevent the progression of the pelvic inflammatory disease. This paper hopes to provide additional resources and reference for the identified medical condition. This paper, however, is not ambitious to declare that it will offer exact and universal solutions to the presented problem.
Methodology
References
Adler, S. (2008, January 23). Preventing PID: The case for routine STD screening. Monthly Prescribing Reference, p. n.p.
Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (2015, November 17). Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) Statistics. Retrieved from Website: http://www.cdc.gov/std/PID/stats.htm
Charndabee, M. A. (2007). Rate and related factors of dyspareunia in reproductive age women: a cross-sectional study. International Journal of Impotence Research, 88–94.
Crittle, K., & Peipert, J. (2014). Diagnosis and Treatment of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. Obstetrics & Gynecology, n.p.
Stoelting-Gettelfinger, W. (2010). A case study and comprehensive differential diagnosis and care plan for the three Ds of women's health: Primary dysmenorrhea, secondary dysmenorrhea, and dyspareunia. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 513–522.
Sweet, R. (2011). Treatment of Acute Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology, n.p.
