Characteristics of Obstetric and Iatrogenic Urogenital Fistulas in Burkina Faso: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic, clinical, and therapeutic characteristics of patients.

	OF (n)	IF (n)		OR	IC = 95%
Patient’s age at diagnosis	36.9 ± 12.9 years	37.8 ± 12.2 years	0.77	—	—
Area of residence
Rural	124	29	0.04	1.8	1.05–3.1
Urban	99	42
Missing: 16
Educational level
Less than primary school	183	63	<0.001	5.4	[2.3–12.9]
Higher than primary school	9	17
Missing: 38
Marital status before fistula
Married	183	56	0.057	—
Not married	0	2
Missing: 69
Height
≤158 cm	103	45	<0.001	3.4	[1.7–6.6]
158 cm	20	30
Missing: 112
Duration of fistula
>2 years	60	22	0.002	3.48	[1.5–7.6]
<2 years	18	233
Missing: 187
Circumferential fistula
Yes	28	80	<0.001	—
No	202	0
Missing: 0
Number of fistulas
1	226	30	<0.001	0.25	[0.07–0.87]
>1	4	19
Missing: 0
Ureteral lesion
Yes	0	73	<0.001	5.41	[1.5–19]
No	230	7
Missing: 0
Perifistula fibrosis
Yes	55	10	0.01	2.2	[1–4.6]
No	175	70
Missing: 0
Urethral lesion
Yes	48	73	0.004	3.2	[1.3–7.8]
No	182	6
Missing: 0
Fistula size	1.5 ± 1.3 cm
Missing: 0		1.9 ± 1.6 cm	0.02	—	—
Labor duration	49.8 ± 32.5 h	N/A
Surgical failure at 3 months
Yes	25	2	0.02	4.7	[1.1–20.5]
No	205	78
Missing: 0
RSUI
Yes	27	12	0.69	—
No	178	66
Missing: 27

RSUI: residual stress urinary incontinence.