Table 3.

Distribution of the study participants according to awareness of obstetrics fistula in governmental health facilities of Injibara town, North West Ethiopia, 2019, (n = 413).

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percentage
Awareness	Good awareness	163	39.5
	Poor awareness	250	60.5
Source of information	Media	65	32.5
	Health professional	80	40
	From school	32	16
	Others∗	23	11.5
Awareness of OBF risk factors	Yes	175	42.4
	No	238	57.6
Which risk factors of obstetrics fistula do you know?	Female gentile mutilation	121	29.3
	Early marriage	144	34.9
	Early pregnancy	139	33.6
	Un spaced childbirth	86	20.8
	Prolonged labor	137	33.2
	Home delivery	153	37.1
	Malnutrition of the mothers	63	15.3
	Not using FP methods	99	24.0
Awareness of symptoms of obstetrics fistula	Yes	135	32.7
	No	278	67.3
Symptoms of obstetrics fistula	Urinary incontinency	134	32.5
	Faecal incontinency	70	17.0
	Vulvar irritation	47	11.4
Awareness of availability of obstetrics fistula treatment	Yes	92	22.3
	No	321	77.7
Awareness of obstetrics fistula prevention	Yes	148	35.8
	No	265	64.2

^∗ (family and friends).