Understanding Care-Seeking Behavior for Reproductive Tract Infections Among Afghan Women: A Cross-Sectional Study.

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Care‐seeking delays were positively associated with abnormal vaginal discharge (odds ratios [OR] 4.12; 95% confidence intervals (CI) 2.01–8.45), lower abdominal pain (2.62; 1.44–4.77), and fever (1.93; 1.25–2.98) and negatively associated with being sedentary (0.38; 0.22–0.64), hand washing (0.61; 0.40–0.95), and knowledge about RTI, although borderline significant.

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Having knowledge on RTIs was negatively associated with delay, although with only borderline significance.

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