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 |