Table 1 Baseline characteristics of women participants in pelvic organ prolapse surgery camp
From: Improved quality of life after surgery for pelvic organ prolapse in Nepalese women
Women with pelvic organ prolapse (N = 252) | Women without pelvic organ prolapse (N = 142) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | n (%) | Mean (SD) | n (%) | Mean (SD) | p-value |
Age | 52.0 (11.2) | 40.6 (10.1) | <0.001 | ||
Socioeconomic status | |||||
Poor | 68 (27.1) | 32 (22.5) | 0.571 | ||
Poorer | 114 (45.5) | 62 (43.7) | |||
Medium | 36 (14.3) | 25 (17.6) | |||
Richer | 33 (13.1) | 23 (16.2) | |||
Marital status | |||||
With husband | 190 (75.4) | 114 (80.3) | 0.010 | ||
Separated | 14 (5.6) | 15 (10.6) | |||
Widow | 48 (19.0) | 13 (9.1) | |||
Parity | 5.3 (2.17) | 2.7 (1.71) | <0.001 | ||
Ethnicity | |||||
Brahmin/Chhetri | 134 (53.2) | 76 (53.5) | 0.065 | ||
Janajati | 91 (36.1) | 60 (42.3) | |||
Dalit | 27 (10.7) | 6 (4.2) | |||
Literacy | |||||
Illiterate | 226 (89.7) | 45(31.7) | <0.001 | ||
Literate | 26 (10.3) | 97(68.3) | |||
Total depression Score | 23.7 (8.7) | 8.6 (8.6) | <0.001 | ||
Quality Of Life domains | |||||
Physical | 11.0 (2.5) | 14.4 (3.5) | <0.001 | ||
Psychological | 11.4 (2.3) | 13.0 (3.2) | <0.001 | ||
Social relationships | 13.5 (3.7) | 14.4 (4.2) | 0.024 | ||
Environment | 12.0 (2.4) | 13.0 (3.6) | 0.002 | ||
Overall health and quality of life | 8.6 (3.4) | 13.8 (4.2) | <0.001 | ||