Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of women who underwent fistula repair in hospitals supported by Fistula Care in Guinea, 2007 to 2013
| Variables | Number (%) |
|---|---|
| Total | 2116 |
| Age at presentation to repair centre (in years) | |
| <17 | 63 (3.0) |
| 17–24 | 402 (19.0) |
| 25–49 | 1293 (61.1) |
| ≥50 | 326 (15.4) |
| Unknown | 32 (1.5) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 82 (3.9) |
| Married/Union | 1442 (68.1) |
| Separated | 378 (17.9) |
| Widow | 189 (8.9) |
| Unknown | 25 (1.2) |
| Age at marriage (in years) | |
| <17† | 1212 (57.3) |
| ≥17 | 279 (13.2) |
| Unknown | 625 (29.5) |
| Occupation | |
| Housewife | 2026 (95.7) |
| Worker | 65 (03.1) |
| Unknown | 25 (1.2) |
| Education | |
| None | 1896 (89.6) |
| Primary | 99 (4.7) |
| Secondary and higher | 22 (1.0) |
| Unknown | 99 (4.7) |
| Residence | |
| Rural | 1912 (90.4) |
| Urban | 195 (09.2) |
| Unknown | 9 (0.4) |
| Parity | |
| 1 birth | 625 (29.5) |
| 2–5 births | 950 (44.9) |
| ≥6 birth | 510 (24.1) |
| Unknown | 31 (1.5) |
| Previous repairs attempts | |
| 0 | 1219 (57.6) |
| 1 | 514 (24.3) |
| 2 | 236 (11.1) |
| ≥3 | 107 (5.1) |
| Unknown | 40 (1.9) |
| Duration of fistula (in years) | |
| ≤1 | 405 (19.1) |
| 2 to 4 | 448 (21.2) |
| ≥5 | 1017 (48.1) |
| Unknown | 246 (11.6) |
| Mode of causal delivery | |
| Vaginal | 1377 (65.1) |
| Caesarean section | 698 (33.0) |
| Unknown | 41 (1.9) |
| Neonatal outcome | |
| Alive | 102 (4.8) |
| Stillborn | 1978 (93.5) |
| Unknown | 36 (1.7) |
| Type of fistula | |
| Vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) | 2045 (96.6) |
| Rectovaginal fistula (RVF) | 23 (1.1) |
| VVF + RVF | 48 (2.3) |
†
In Guinea, the legal age of marriage for women is 17 years.