Research Article
Survival Modeling on the Determinants of Time to Recovery from Obstetric Fistula: The Case of Mekelle Hamlin Fistula Center, Ethiopia
Table 2
Obstetric and fistula characteristics of obstetric fistula patients at Mekelle Hamlin Fistula Center, January 2015–January 2020.
| | Variables | Category | Event (%) | Censored (%) | Total | Percentage (%) |
| | Antibiotic use | No | 58 (80.56) | 14 (19.44) | 72 | 21.95 | | Yes | 235 (91.8) | 21 (8.20) | 256 | 78.05 |
| | Physiotherapy use | No | 263 (88.55) | 34 (11.45) | 297 | 90.55 | | Yes | 30 (96.77) | 1 (3.23) | 31 | 9.45 |
| | Parity | Primiparous | 49 (81.67) | 11 (18.33) | 60 | 18.29 | | Multiparous | 244 (91.04) | 24 (8.96) | 268 | 81.7 |
| | Delivery outcome | Stillbirth | 56 (81.16) | 13 (18.84) | 69 | 21.04 | | Alive birth | 237 (91.51) | 22 (8.49) | 259 | 78.96 |
| | Duration of labor | <1 day | 193 (92.34) | 16 (7.66) | 209 | 63.72 | | 1-2 days | 56 (86.15) | 9 (13.85) | 65 | 19.82 | | >2 days | 44 (81.48) | 10 (8.52) | 54 | 16.46 |
| | Place of delivery | Health center | 198 (91.24) | 19 (8.76) | 217 | 66.16 | | Home | 95 (85.59) | 16 (14.41) | 111 | 33.84 |
| | Surgery approach | Vaginal | 233 (90.31) | 25 (9.69) | 258 | 78.66 | | Abdominal | 60 (85.71) | 10 (14.29) | 70 | 21.34 |
| | Incontinence | ≤3 months | 234 (92.13) | 20 (7.87) | 254 | 77.44 | | >3 months | 59 (79.73) | 15 (20.27) | 74 | 22.56 |
| | Duration of catheterization | ≤14 days | 242 (91.67) | 22 (8.33) | 264 | 80.49 | | >14 days | 51 (79.69) | 13 (20.31) | 64 | 19.51 |
| | Mode of delivery | SVD | 221 (91.32) | 21 (8.68) | 242 | 73.78 | | Cesarean delivery | 72 (83.72) | 14 (16.28) | 86 | 26.22 |
| | Types of fistula | VVF | 233 (86.94) | 35 (13.06) | 268 | 81.72 | | RVF | 60 (100) | 0 | 60 | 18.29 |
| | Size of fistula hole | Small | 68 (98.55) | 1 (1.45) | 69 | 21.04 | | Medium | 46 (97.87) | 1 (2.13) | 47 | 14.33 | | Large | 69 (93.24) | 5 (6.76) | 74 | 22.56 | | Extensive | 110 (79.71) | 28 (20.29) | 138 | 42.07 |
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