2011
DOI: 10.4081/uij.2011.e6
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Prevalence, profile and obstetric experience of fistula patients in Abakaliki, Southeast Nigeria

Abstract: Objective. Fistula has always been thought to be a scourge of the Northern region of Nigeria only. This study was aimed at providing data on the prevalence, profile and obstetric experience of fistula patients in Abakaliki, Southeast Nigeria and to demonstrate that fistula is also a burden in the southern parts of Nigeria. Materials and Methods. This was a prospective descriptive study conducted between 2003 and 2009. Sample size and sampling method. Four hundred and sixty-two fistula patient… Show more

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“…The average duration of fistula before presentation for care in this study was 6.2 yrs. This is similar to mean duration reported by Sunday-Adeoye (13).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
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“…The average duration of fistula before presentation for care in this study was 6.2 yrs. This is similar to mean duration reported by Sunday-Adeoye (13).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 91%
“…Many women in developing countries have contracted pelvis, most often as a result of malnutrition and increased infection rate in adolescent leading to growth stunting and poor development. This is compounded by early marriage and childbearing and female genital mutilation (12,13,14).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…12 The mean age in this study was 32.96±9.0 which is similar to the mean age of 35±9.5 found earlier at the study site. 13 This is however different from the mean age of 23.9 years reported by Ijaiya et al in Ilorin, Nigeria. 12 About three-quarters of women studied were married while about 16% were divorced or separated.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 58%
“…This is similar to what was found in previous studies in which it was noticed that over a quarter of the patients had no palpable means of livelihood and came from economically marginalised regions of the world. 13,14 About two-thirds of the patients in this study were anaemic based on WHO's cut off value of 36% packed cell volume in non-pregnant women (15-years and above). 11 About 14% had values of 30% and below.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…Our findings demonstrate that there is overt silencing of the issue of forced marriage and early childbearing which is a strong determinant of obstetric fistula in Nigeria. Although women of all ages are affected by obstetric fistula, underdeveloped pelvises which is the case when girls are young or malnourished, is a major biological predisposing factor to obstetric fistula [ 16 , 31 ]. In other words, the federal government is constitutionally detached from the responsibility of protecting the rights of minors, which complicates its role in the elimination of obstetric fistula, despite the downstream approach of the NSFEOF that gives primary authority to the federal government.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%