Prevalence of Untreated Surgical Conditions in Rural Rwanda: A Population-Based Cross-sectional Study in Burera District.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In low- and middle-income countries, community-level surgical epidemiology is largely undefined. Accurate community-level surgical epidemiology is necessary for surgical health systems planning.

Objective

To determine the prevalence of surgical conditions in Burera District, Northern Province, Rwanda.

Design, setting, and participants

A cross-sectional study with a 2-stage cluster sample design (at village and household level) was carried out in Burera District in March and May 2012. A team of surgeons randomly sampled 30 villages with probability proportionate to village population size, then sampled 23 households within each village. All available household members were examined.

Main outcomes and measures

The presence of 10 index surgical conditio

SUBMITTER: Maine RG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5831432 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature