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Table 4 Pelvic floor disorders by age and parity of study participants living in Kersa HDSS, Ethiopia, 2016

From: One in five women suffer from pelvic floor disorders in Kersa district Eastern Ethiopia: a community-based study

Variable

OAB

n/N=534/3432

SUI

n/N= 285/3432

POP

n/N=325/3432

AI

n/N=67/3432

PFD

n/N=704/3432

 

%

percentage (95% Cl)

%

percentage (95% Cl)

%

Percentage (95% Cl)

%

Percent (95% Cl)

%

Percent (95% Cl)

Overall prevalence

15.5

(143.-16.8)

8.3

(7.4-9.2)

9.5

(8.5-10.4)

1.9

(1.5-2.4)

20.5

(19.1-21.8)

Age of respondents

 15-24 year

11.7

(9.2-14.8)

5.3

(3.6-7.6)

4.1

(2.7-6.2)

0.9

(0.4-2.3)

13.9

(11.1-17.2)

 25-34 year

11.8

(10.1-13.8)

5.8

(4.6-7.2)

7.9

(6.5-9.6)

1.2

(0.7-2.0)

16.5

(14.5-18.7)

 35-44 year

18.1

(15.6-20.9)

10.7

(8.8-13.0)

12.4

(10.3-14.9)

2.6

(1.6-4.0)

24.1

(21.3-27.1)

 45-54 year

18.5

(15.5-22.5)

8.5

(6.2-11.6)

11.4

(8.7-14.8)

3.3

(1.9-5.5)

25.0

(21.0-29.3)

 55+ year

21.6

(18.1-25.5)

13.2

(10.4-16.5)

11.9

(9.3-15.2)

2.3

(1.2-4.1)

27.3

(23.4-31.4)

Parity

 1-4

12.2

(10.5-14.0)

6.1

(5.0-7.6)

7.3

(6.0-8.9)

1.0

(0.6-1.7)

16.8

(14.9-19.0)

 =>5

17.9

(16.3-19.6)

10.0

(8.7-11.3)

10.9

(9.5-12.3)

2.5

(1.9-3.2)

23.0

(21.3-25.0)

  1. OAB Over Active Bladder, SUI Stress Urinary Incontinence, POP Pelvic Organ prolapse, PFD Pelvic Floor Disorder