作者
Imran O Morhason-Bello, Yusuf Olushola Kareem, Rukiyat A Abdus-Salam, Oluwasomidoyin O Bello, Olatunji O Lawal, Fatimat Motunrayo Akinlusi, Linda O Abegunde, Oladosu Ojengbede
发表日期
2020/11/1
期刊
BMJ open
卷号
10
期号
11
页码范围
e040078
出版商
British Medical Journal Publishing Group
简介
Introduction
Involuntary leakage of urine and or stool per vaginam (vaginal fistula) after childbirth remains a public health challenge in Africa and South East Asia. To the best of our knowledge, there is no previous national data that examined the awareness of vaginal fistula among women in Nigeria.
Aim
To determine the prevalence of awareness of urinary/faecal incontinence due to vaginal fistula, and the associated risk factors among women with no previous experience of incontinence.
Methods
We used a cross-sectional study, the 2018 Nigerian Demographic Health Survey, to analyse awareness of vaginal fistula among women with no previous leakage of urine or stool. The primary outcome was childbirth experience, and other variables were demographics, access to information and reproductive or sexual history. The descriptive, univariate and multivariable models were presented.
Results
Of 26 585 women …
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