Treatment-seeking for vaginal fistula in sub-Saharan Africa.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:There is dearth of data regarding the treatment-seeking practice of women living with vaginal fistula. The paper describes the health-seeking behaviour of fistula cases in the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where the burden of the problem is high. METHODS:The data of 1,317 women who ever experienced fistula-related symptom were extracted from 16 national Demographic and Health Surveys carried out in SSA between 2010 and 2017. The association between treatment-seeking and basic socio-demographic characteristics was analysed via mixed-effects logistic regression and the outputs are provided using adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). RESULTS:Among all women who had fistula-related symptom, 67.6% encountered the problem soon after delivery, possibly implying obste

SUBMITTER: Gebremedhin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6824565 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature