TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Knowledge, attitude and perception about obstetric fistula by Cameroonian women
JO  - Progres en Urologie
A1  - Tebeu, P-m
A1  - de Bernis, L.
A1  - Boisrond, L.
A1  - Le Duc, A.
A1  - Mbassi, A. A.
A1  - Rochat, C-h
SP  - 379
EP  - 389
VL  - 18
IS  - 6
N2  - 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.<p /> <p>Language: fr</p>
LA  - fr
SN  - 1166-7087
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.purol.2008.03.020
ID  - ref1
ER  -