Quality of Life among Obstetric Fistula Patients at Kitovu Mission Hospital: A Health Facility-Based Cross-Sectional Study in Masaka District, Uganda

Table 2

Association between patients’ sociodemographic factors and perceived QOL.

Variable	Observation (n = 63)	Perceived quality of life				value
		Poor (%)	Fair (%)	Good (%)
Age
Below 20	9	100.0	0.0	0.0	4.541	0.338
20–29	34	91.2	5.9	2.9
Above 29	20	75.0	15.0	10.0
Education level
None	20	95.0	5.0	0.0	22.923	<0.001
Primary	34	94.1	5.9	0.0
Secondary	9	44.4	22.2	33.3
Employment status
No	44	100.0	0.0	0.0	21.221	<0.001
Yes	19	57.9	26.3	15.8
Marital status after fistula
Married but not living with partner	9	77.8	11.1	11.1	15.261	0.054
Married living with partner	8	50.0	37.5	12.5
Separated	35	94.3	2.9	2.9
Single (never married)	8	100.0	0.0	0.0
Widowed	3	100.0	0.0	0.0
Age at first pregnancy
Below 20	45	91.1	2.2	6.7	10.949	0.027
20–29	13	84.6	15.4	0.0
Above 29	5	60.0	40.0	0.0
Incontinent
RVF/VVF + RVF	12	100.0	0.0	0.0	2.156	0.340
VVF	51	84.3	9.8	5.9
Duration with fistula
Less than 1 year	29	86.2	10.3	3.4	0.595	0.743
More than 1 year	34	88.2	5.9	5.9
Outcome of delivery preceding fistula
Lost child	54	90.7	9.3	0.0	19.345	<0.001
Live birth	9	66.7	0.0	33.3