Attribute

Distribution among Cases

Age (median, range, standard deviation)

At marriage

At occurrence of obstetric fistula

At surgery in this case series

Years with obstetric fistula

Duration of labor

Distance to delivery site

18 years, 13 to 46 years, 6.5 years

25 years, 14 to 50 years, 6.9 years

35 years, 16 to 76 years, 10.7 years

8 years, 4 to 61 years, 9.6 years

3.0 days, 1 to 5 days, 0.86 days

4.0 Km, 1 to 30 Km, 3.1 Km

Parity at surgery

Number

Frequency (%)

Primigravida (n =1)

Paucigravida (n = 2 or 3)

Multigravida (n = 4 or 5)

Grand multigravida (n ≥ 6)

138 (28.6)

212 (43.9)

76 (13.7)

57 (11.8)

Patient Education

Level Attained

Frequency (%)

None

Primary

Secondary

University

143 (29.6)

195 (40.4)

141 (29.2)

4 (0.8)

Marital Status

Status

Frequency (%)

Divorced

Married

Estranged

Single

24 (5.0)

297 (61.5)

35 (7.2)

127 (26.3)

Delivery Attendant

Attendant

Frequency (%)

Nurse

Physician

Traditional attendant

133 (27.5)

298 (61.7)

52 (10.8)

Statistically independent factors associated with surgical and functional outcomes

Variable

Coefficient

Standard Error

F-test

p-Value

Greater degree of fibrosis

Larger fistula size (cm)

Distance (cm) of fistula from urethra

Previous surgery for repair of fistula

0.43

−0.17

0.10

−0.13*

0.03

0.02

0.02

0.06

183.6

83.6

39.0

3.9

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

0.048

Correlation Coefficient: r2 = 0.50, with these four variables