Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics and history correlated with failure of surgical repair among women with obstetric vesico-vaginal fistula in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (N = 318)
Variable | Result of surgical repair of obstetric vesico-vaginal Fistula | Total (N = 318) | Crude odds ratio [95% confidence interval] | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Failure (n = 54) | Success (n = 264) | ||||||
Age at repair | |||||||
20 years | 6 | 25.00% | 18 | 75.00% | 24 | 1.00 | |
20–29 years | 15 | 16.00% | 79 | 84.00% | 94 | 0.57 [0.19–1.67] | 0.4624 |
30–39 years | 21 | 21.40% | 77 | 78.60% | 98 | 0.82 [0.29–2.32] | 0.9176 |
≥ 40 years | 12 | 11.80% | 90 | 88.20% | 102 | 0.40 [0.13–1.20] | 0.1792 |
Residence | |||||||
Rural | 43 | 17.84% | 198 | 82.16% | 241 | 1.30 [0.63–2.67] | 0.5828 |
Urban | 11 | 14.29% | 66 | 85.71% | 77 | 1.00 | |
Education level | |||||||
None | 21 | 16.80% | 104 | 83.20% | 125 | 1.00 | |
Primary | 17 | 13.18% | 112 | 86.82% | 129 | 0.75 [0.38–1.50] | 0.5267 |
Secondary | 16 | 25.0% | 48 | 75.0% | 64 | 1.65 [0.79–3.45] | 0.2498 |
Place of delivery | |||||||
Home | 20 | 16.81% | 99 | 83.19% | 119 | 1.00 | |
Health facilities | 34 | 17.09% | 165 | 82.91% | 199 | 1.02 [0.55–1.87] | 1.0000 |
Parity at repair | |||||||
1 | 33 | 18.00% | 150 | 82.00% | 183 | 1.19 [0.66–2.17] | 0.6669 |
≥ 2 | 21 | 15.56% | 114 | 84.44% | 135 | 1.00 | |
Use of intravaginal indigenous products | |||||||
No | 16 | 10.67% | 134 | 89.33% | 150 | 1.00 | |
Yes | 38 | 22.62% | 130 | 77.38% | 168 | 2.45 [1.30–4.61] | 0.0073 |