Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics and history in correlation with failure of surgical repair in patients with urethro-vaginal obstetric fistula in the DRC (N = 358)

Age at repair

  < 20 years

8

17.78%

37

82.22%

45

1.00

 20–29 years

40

28.57%

100

71.43%

140

1.85 [0.79–4.32]

0.2144

 30–39 years

22

23.66%

71

76.34%

93

1.43 [0.58–3.53]

0.5723

  ≥ 40 years

19

23.75%

61

76.25%

80

1.44 [0.57–3.62]

0.5806

Residence

 Rural

74

26.15%

209

73.85%

283

1.42 [0.76–2.65]

0.3446

 Urban

15

20.00%

60

80.00%

75

1.00

Level of Education

 None

31

26.50%

86

73.50%

117

1.00

 Primary

44

28.21%

112

71.79%

156

1.09 [0.64–1.87]

0.8602

 Secondary

14

16.5%

71

83.5%

85

0.55 [0.27–1.11]

0.1287

Place of delivery

 Home

36

28.13%

92

71.88%

128

1.31 [0.80–2.14]

0.3479

 Health facility

53

23.04%

177

76.96%

230

1.00

Parity at time of repair

 1

56

23.63%

181

76.37%

237

1.21 [0.73–2.00]

0.5317

  ≥ 2

33

27.3%

88

72.7%

121

1.00

Pre-operative use of intravaginal indigenous products

 No

19

11.24%

150

88.76%

169

1.00

 Yes

70

37.04%

119

62.96%

189

4.64 [2.65–8.14]

< 0.0001