Sub-Saharan African women's views and experiences of risk factors for obstetric fistula: a qualitative systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obstetric fistula used as synonymous with VVF in this study, is an abnormal communication/hole between the urinary tract and the genital tract or the gastrointestinal tract and the genital tract, resulting from prolonged obstructed labour. VVF may cause sufferers to experience chronic urinary/faecal incontinence, and the stigma of continuing foul odour. VVF is primarily caused by prolonged obstructed labour, which is brought about by a range of causes. Recently, it has been proposed that women's groups and fistula survivors should suggest interventions to reduce or prevent the incidence of obstetric fistula.

Objective

The objective of this review was to synthesise what is reported about women's views and experiences of the risk factors underlying the causes of VVF

SUBMITTER: Bulndi LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9440544 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature