Abstract

This study investigated institutional factors and personal health behaviour as predictors of urinary tract infections among female undergraduates in the University of Ibadan halls of residence. Two hundred female students were selected from the halls of residence and a structured questionnaire was used as an instrument with a reliability index of 0.834. Inferential Statistics of Regression Analysis was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The institutional factors of toilet facilities, maintenance and management jointly predicted urinary tract infections (F=249.316, p<0.05). Also toilet facilities (â=.156, t=1.202, p<0.05), maintenance (â=.021, t=1.044, p<0.05), management (â=.896, t=28.884, p<0.05) relatively and significantly predicted urinary tract infection. The findings of the study depict that institutional factors and personal health behaviour predicted the prevalence of urinary tract infection among female undergraduates in the University of Ibadan halls of residence. It was recommended among others that there should be adequate provision and regular maintenance of toilet facilities, constant supply of water including orientation of students on cleanliness in hostels.