Research Article

Relying on Visiting Foreign Doctors for Fistula Repair: The Profile of Women Attending Fistula Repair Surgery in Somalia

Table 3

Factors associated with waiting for fistula surgery ≥1 year.

VariablesModel 1 OR (CI)Model 2 OR (CI)Model 3 OR (CI)

Marital status
Married111
Divorced/widowed2.75 (1.08–6.96)3.53 (1.23–10.11)3.68 (1.24–10.87)
Education
Yes for formal education1
No for formal education14.67 (1.81–118.73)
Occupation
Yes11
No5.12 (1.28–20.41)3.73 (0.92–15.11)
Place of residence
Government controlled111
Islamist controlled2.36 (0.72–7.72)1.92 (0.53–6.72)2 (0.54–7.54)
Intermittent conflict7.46 (1.86–29.8)10.16 (2.0–51.43)11.66 (2.16–62.8)
Person attending the labor
Health personnel111
Traditional birth attendant3.25 (1.19–8.8)2.33 (0.8–6.7)2.34 (0.76–7.17)

Model 1 = crude; Model 2 = education adjusted; Model 3 = education and occupation adjusted.