Citation

Tebeu PM, de Bernis L, Boisrond L, Le Duc A, Mbassi AA, Rochat CH. Prog. Urol. 2008; 18(6): 379-389.

Vernacular Title

Connaissance, attitude et perception vis-a-vis des fistules obstetricales par les

Affiliation

Service de gynécologie obstétrique, hôpital Provincial, Maroua B.P. 57, Cameroon. pmtebeu@yahoo.fr

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Progres En Urologie, S.A.R.L.)

DOI

10.1016/j.purol.2008.03.020

PMID

18558328

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: This study seeks to identify what the women who live in Maroua Cameroon know and think about obstetric fistula. POPULATION AND METHOD: It is a single hospital, cross-sectional, descriptive and comparative study. Ninety-nine women in the maternity service of the Maroua Provincial Hospital were interrogated on obstetric fistula between May and July 2005, by enquirers who were trained health agents using a questionnaire which required both closed and open answers. RESULTS: The women who had no previous knowledge of it were generally the illiterate (41.7% compared to 18.8%). More than a third of the women who had an idea of the fistula do not know that there is a surgical treatment for it. Whether they had the previous information on fistula or received it from us, one-tenth of the women suggested that suicide was the solution to fistula where as one-third of the women suggested that a patient suffering from fistula should be isolated. CONCLUSION AND INTERPRETATION: Illiteracy contributes significantly to the lack of knowledge of this affection. The population has a poor perception and a strong negative attitude towards obstetric fistula as they see isolation or suicide as the solution to it.

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