Obstetric fistula repair failure and its associated factors among women underwent repair in Yirgalem Hamlin fistula center, Sidama Regional State, Southern Ethiopia, 2021: a retrospective cross sectional study

Table 2 Obstetric fistula characteristics of women who underwent obstetric fistula repair in Yirgalem Hamlin fistula center, Southern Ethiopia, 2021

Variables	Category	Frequency (n = 562)	Percentage (%)
Age at first pregnancy	< 18	375	66.7
Age at first pregnancy	≥ 18	187	33.3
Number of pregnancies (gravida)	I	193	34.3
	II-IV	205	36.5
	≥ V	164	29.2
Number of delivery (parity)	One	207	36.8
Number of delivery (parity)	More than one	355	63.2
Number of alive children	None^a	132	23.5
	1–4	326	58.0
	≥ 5	104	18.5
Presence of ANC	No	240	42.7
	Yes	305	54.3
	Unknown^b	17	3.0
Place of delivery	Home	144	25.6
	Health center	131	23.3
	Hospital	287	51.1
The total duration of labor in hours	≤ 48	368	65.5
The total duration of labor in hours	> 48	194	34.5
Mode of delivery	Spontaneous vaginal delivery	306	54.4
	Instrumental vaginal delivery	28	5.0
	Cesarean section	228	40.6
Feta outcome	Stillbirth	440	78.3
Feta outcome	Live birth	122	21.7
Comorbidities (HIV and/or foot drops)	No	554	98.6
Comorbidities (HIV and/or foot drops)	Yes	8^c	1.4

^aWomen who had not alive children due to child (children died); ^bdata not recorded while ^crepresents comorbidities of those two women had HIV and six women had foot drops

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