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Table 5 Factors associated with quality of life domains among women with obstetric fistula at Addis Ababa fistula hospital and outreach centers, Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 289)

From: Quality of life and associated factors among women with obstetric fistula in Ethiopia

variables

Quality of life domain

physical

Psychological

Social

Environmental

Crude unstβ(95%CI)

Adj unst β (95%CI)

R2

Crude unstβ(95%CI)

Adj unst β (95%CI)

R2

crude unstβ(95%CI)

Adj unst β (95%CI)

R2

Crude unstβ(95%CI)

Adj unst β(95%CI)

R2

Duration of Incontinence

 − 0.21(− 0.67, − 0.04

 − 3.8(− 6.95, − 0.62) **

0.04

–

–

–

0.20 (2.18,6.74

 − 8.1(− 12.82, − 3.4) ***

0.04

 

–

–

Patients visit for surgery

 − 0.25(− 0.55, − 0.12

 − 4.4(− 7.64, − 1.2) **

0.05

–

–

–

 − 0.33(− 2.70, − 0.28

 − 12(− 17.4, − 6.4) ***

0.11

–

–

–

social support

0.48(0.10,053)

 − 6.14(− 8.8, − 3.4) ***

0.23

–

–

 

0.48(0.01,2.17)

 − 7.8(− 12, − 3.6) ***

0.23

0.44(0.05,8.14)

 − 5.5(− 9.5, − 1.5) ***

0.20

Anxiety

 − 0.50(− 0.32, − 0.10)

 − 4(− 7, − 1.1) **

0.26

 − 0.62(− 7.21, − 3.48

 − 11(− 14.8, − 7.3) ***

0.38

 − 0.43(− 6.41, − 2.80)

 − 9.2(− 13.8,4.5) ***

0.19

–

–

–

Depression

 − 0.57(− 0.25, − 0.01

 − 9.2(− 12, − 6.4) ***

0.33

 − 0.50(− 1.72, − 0.08

 − 6.3(− 9.7, − 2.9) ***

0.25

–

–

–

–

–

–

private employed

–

–

–

 

9.1(.5,17.6), **

0.02

–

–

–

–

–

–

Number of children present

–

–

–

 

2.1(0.8,3.4) **

0.14

–

–

–

0.12(0.04,2.15)

2.4(0.82,3.6) ***

0.07

  1. ** stands for p < .005, ***stands for p < .001, (–) factors has no association, Unst.β = unstandard β, R2 = model fitness