Profile of Obstetrics Fistula Clients; is the trend changing?

Authors

  • IO Morhason-Bello
  • OO Bello
  • RA Abduls-Salam
  • TO Babawarun
  • OO Lawal
  • AO Ojengbede

Keywords:

fistula, multiparous women, obstetric patients

Abstract

Aims: To assess the changes in the profiles of obstetric fistula clients.

Methods: This was a retrospective review of the medical records of all obstetric fistula clients managed by the Oyo state fistula team at University College Hospital and Adeoyo Maternity Hospital Ibadan, Nigeria.  A proforma was used to extract information on socio-demographic and obstetric characteristics of clients and was analyzed using SPSS 25.0. Level of significance was set at P <0.05.

Results: The median age and number of pregnancy with occurrence of fistula were 34 years and 2 respectively. Above a quarter (32.2%) had at least secondary level of education, three quarter (75.2%) were currently married and about half were traders. Only 20 (22%) booked the pregnancy that resulted in fistula with 44 (44.9%) delivering through cesarean section. Majority 70 (72.9%) of the fetuses were stillbirth.

Conclusions: The widely held believe of a typical obstetric patient still holds but substantial cases of fistula occurred in multiparous women and at older age.

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Published

2018-11-29

How to Cite

Morhason-Bello, I., Bello, O., Abduls-Salam, R., Babawarun, T., Lawal, O., & Ojengbede, A. (2018). Profile of Obstetrics Fistula Clients; is the trend changing?. Nepal Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 13(2). Retrieved from https://nepjol.info/index.php/NJOG/article/view/21930

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 2 (2018)

Section

CME

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