Awareness on Obstetric Fistula and its Associated Factors among Reproductive age women in Asella town Oromia Region, Ethiopia
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2018-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Background: Obstetric fistula is an abnormal connection between the vagina, rectum and/orbladder, which leads to continuous urinary or fecal incontinence, and Vesico-vaginal Fistula(VVF) is the commonest type of obstetric fistula. Awareness is the state of being conscious ofsomething. Currently Percentage of reproductive age women who have ever heard ofobstetrical fistula is lowest in Oromia Region (28.6%).Objective: To assess awareness onobstetric fistula and its associated factors among reproductive age women in Asella townOromia region, 2018. Methods: Community based cross sectional study design was conducted from March 01-30/2018 using adapted structured questionnaires.Systematic sampling technique was used to assign households, all kebeles were included in the study.Kebele registration was used as a sampling frame. Data was entered and cleaned using Epidata version3.1 and analyzed by SPSS version 21. Both descriptive and regressions wascomputed. Result: The mean age of participants were 30.26 years old and 63.5% ofrespondents are married. The study showed those who had no history of pregnancy were 60%less likely to have good awareness on obstetrics fistula prevention than their counter parts(AOR=0.399:95% CI (0.241-0.661)). Those who lived above thirty (30)minutes foot distancefrom health facility were 65% less likely to have good awareness than those living near tohealth center(AOR=0.355:95% CI (0.212-0.594)). In addition, awareness to birth relatedcomplication (AOR=0.458:95% CI (0.368-0.678)) and women education (AOR=0.162:95%CI (0.081-0.364)) had significant association with awareness on obstetric fistula.
Conclusionand Recommendation: The finding indicates 50% of women’s have Poor awareness on obstetrics fistula in the area. Educational level of women, exposure for pregnancy, awarenesson obstetrics complications, and distance to the nearby health center were the factorsassociated with awareness of women on obstetrics fistula. Health office of the city andNongovernmental organizations, which are engaged in reproductive health program in thearea, should give special attention for women to increase their awareness on obstetrics fistula.
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Obstetric Fistula, Awareness, Reproductive age women