Research Article
Relying on Visiting Foreign Doctors for Fistula Repair: The Profile of Women Attending Fistula Repair Surgery in Somalia
Table 2
Group differences in seeking fistula surgery.
| | Variables | Waiting for fistula surgery ≤1 year | Waiting for the surgery >1 year | value | | (%) | (%) |
| | Marital status | | | | | Married | 33 (64.7) | 18 (35.3) | | | Divorced/widowed | 12 (40) | 18 (60) | | Education | | | | | Primary or higher | 13 (93) | 1 (7) | | | No formal education | 31 (47) | 35 (53) | | Occupation | | | | | Employed | 3 (23.1) | 10 (76.9) | | | Unemployed | 40 (60.6) | 26 (39.4) | | Place of residence | | Controlled by the government | 16 (76) | 5 (23.8) | | | Controlled by Islamists | 23 (57.5) | 17 (42.5) | | Intermittent conflict | 6 (30) | 14 (70) | | Number of surgeries | | One surgery | 38 (66.7) | 19 (33.3) | | | More than one surgery | 7 (29.2) | 17 (70.8) | | Did fistula affect your social relations? | | No | 35 (70) | 15 (30) | | | Yes, I was divorced | 5 (26.3) | 14 (73.7) | | Yes, my friend/relatives abandoned me | 4 (44.4) | 5 (55.6) | | The person who attended the labor | | Health personnel | 21 (72.4) | 8 (27.6) | | | Traditional birth attendant | 21 (44.7) | 26 (55.3) | | Antenatal care | | | | | Yes | 23 (50) | 22 (62.9) | | | No | 23 (50) | 13 (37.1) |
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