Table 2.
Survey results for onset of symptoms and health care-seeking behavior from the identified cases of men with gross hematuria or urinary retention. Surgeons OverSeas Assessment of Surgical Need, Sierra Leone 2012.
| Hematuria | Retention | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | SD or % | Value | SD or % | ||
| N | 23 | - | 21 | - | |
| Age | 33.3 | (17.0) | 38.5 | (20.6) | |
| Location | Rural | 13 | (56.5) | 14 | (66.7) |
| Timing (onset) | <1 month | 9 | (39.1) | 3 | (14.3) |
| 1–12 months | 8 | (34.8) | 6 | (28.6) | |
| >12 months | 6 | (26.1) | 12 | (57.1) | |
| Current Problem | 13 | (56.5) | 5 | (23.8) | |
| Healthcare Sought | 14 | (60.9) | 13 | (61.9) | |
| Traditional Healer | 8 | (34.8) | 15 | (71.4) | |
a
Primary=health facility without operating room; Secondary=health facility with operating room; Tertiary=health facility with operating room and at least one surgical specialist