Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of women who underwent surgical repair of obstetric fistula in three Engenderhealth supported hospitals in Guinea, 2012 to 2013 (N = 754)
From: Factors associated with the failure of obstetric fistula repair in Guinea: implications for practice
Variables | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Total | 754 | 100 |
Site | ||
Jean-Paul 2 Hospital | 239 | 31.7 |
Labe regional Hospital | 199 | 26.4 |
Kissidougou Distric Hospital | 316 | 41.9 |
Mean age at presentation to repair centre (SD), years | 35.2(12.7) | |
Residence | ||
Rural | 677 | 89.8 |
Urban | 75 | 09.9 |
Unknown | 2 | 00.3 |
Marital status | ||
Married/Union | 523 | 69.4 |
Other (single, separated, widow) | 208 | 27.6 |
Unknown | 23 | 03.0 |
Occupation | ||
Housewife | 711 | 94.3 |
Worker | 25 | 03.3 |
Unknown | 18 | 02.4 |
Education | ||
None | 691 | 91.6 |
Primary and more | 55 | 07.3 |
Unknown | 8 | 01.1 |
Mean parity (SD), deliveries | 3.6(2.6) | |
Mean duration of labour (SD), days | 3.2(1.6) | |
Mode of delivery | ||
Vaginal | 489 | 64.9 |
Caesarean section | 237 | 31.4 |
Unknown | 28 | 03.7 |
Neonatal outcome at delivery | ||
Alive | 40 | 05.3 |
Stillborn | 687 | 91.1 |
Unknown | 27 | 03.6 |
Vaginal scarring | ||
Yes | 373 | 49.2 |
No | 371 | 49.5 |
Unknown | 10 | 01.3 |
Status of the urethra | ||
Intact | 389 | 51.6 |
Partially damaged | 264 | 35.0 |
Totally damaged | 88 | 11.7 |
Unknown | 13 | 01.7 |
Previous surgical repair | ||
None | 419 | 55.6 |
One | 190 | 25.2 |
Two or more | 137 | 18.2 |
Unknown | 8 | 01.0 |
Route of repair | ||
Vaginal | 732 | 97.1 |
Abdominal | 14 | 01.8 |
Combined | 6 | 00.8 |
Unknown | 2 | 00.3 |
Year or repair | ||
2012 | 489 | 64.8 |
2013 | 265 | 35.2 |
Post-operative complicationsa | ||
None | 728 | 96.5 |
Fistula related | 15 | 02.0 |
Others | 11 | 01.5 |