Hospital (SSGH) over a period of 1 year were selected with uniformly accepted criteria for
PID as given under: complain of lower abdominal pain, vaginal discharge, and adenexal
tenderness leading to pain. All cases meeting with the above diagnostic criteria were
labeled as clinical cases of PID by the gynecologist. After taking consent, we obtained
information by conducting in-depth interviews up to three sessions with each patient. For …