Problems with accessing healthcare and associated factors among reproductive-aged women in the Gambia using Gambia Demographic and Health Survey 2019/2020: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess problems with accessing healthcare and its associated factors among reproductived-age women in the Gambia using the Gambia Demographic and Health Survey 2019/2020.

Design

A community-based cross-sectional study.

Setting

This study was based on a large, community-based cross-sectional survey, conducted from 2019 to 2020 in the Gambia. The survey employed a stratified two-stage cluster sampling technique to recruit study participants. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression models were used to summarise descriptive data and identify factors associated with problems of accessing healthcare, respectively. A p value of less than 0.05 and 95% CI were used to determine statistical significance.

Participants

A total of 11 865 reproductive-ag

SUBMITTER: Tsegaw M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10401254 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature