Abstract

may be localized on the skin, rarely may be systemic and life-threatening. Vulvovaginal
Candidiasis (VVC) is the second most common cause of vaginitis and commonly presents
with vulva pruritus, vaginal discharge, dysuria, and dyspareunia, approximately 10% of
women experience repeated attacks of Vulvovaginal Candidiasis without precipitating risk
factors. This research is to assess the prevalence of Vulvovaginal Vaginal Candidiasis among
pregnant women who attended Kamuli General Hospital. A cross-sectional qualitative and
quantitative prospective study was used to recruit a total sample size of 15o pregnant women
who consented to take part in the study and adhered to the recruitment procedures. Majority
of the pregnant women were aged 16-25 years 60(40%) and the minority were aged 36-45
years 36(24%), Basoga were dominant with 112(75%), majority of the pregnant women were
married 122(81.3%), those who never went to school were 54(36%), Catholics accounted for
56(36%) as the highest in terms of religion, house wives were102(68%) while business women
accounted for 32(21.3%). A total of 63(42%) positive isolates were identified, 86% reported
itching as the predominant symptom, 49% reported bad odor and burning constituted for
27%. Of the 63 positive cases with VVC, 53(84.1%) were registered among married pregnant
women while the least 01(1.6%) Occupation (p=0.02) and trimester (p=0.017) of the pregnant
women showed statistical significance to prevalence of VVC. The prevalence of VVC among
pregnant women who attended Kamuli General Hospital was established as 42%, results
showed that (84.1%) prevalence was registered among married. There is great need for health education to explain to the girls, issues concerning their health. This should be done at least twice in every term.