Table 3.

Factors Associated with Pelvic Organ Prolapse Among Women Attending the Gynecology Outpatient Clinic at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital

Variables	Prolapse n =93 (%)	No Prolapse n = 245 (%)	cOR (95% CI)	p-value	aOR (95% CI)	p-value
Parity
1	8 (8.6)	84 (34.3)	1.0		1.0
2–4	33 (35.5)	100 (40.8)	3.5 (1.5–7.9)	0.003	4.3 (0.4–18.1)	0.234
≥ 5	52 (55.9)	61 (24.9)	9.0 (3.9 −20.2)	< 0.001	17.1 (1.1–66.6)	0.043
Age at first delivery
20–29	38 (40.9)	128 (52.2)	1.0		1.0
< 20	54 (58.1)	106 (43.3)	1.7 (1.1–2.8)	0.030	0.5 (0.0–12.0)	0.689
≥ 30	1 (1.0)	11 (4.5)	0.3 (0.0–2.4)	0.265	0.8 (0.0–20.4)	0.899
Place of first delivery
Health facility	41 (44.1)	201 (82.0)	1.0		1.0
Home delivery	52 (55.9)	44 (18.0)	5.8 (3.4–9.8)	< 0.001	0.1 (0.0–1.3)	0.074
Mode of delivery in the first pregnancy
Caesarian section	3 (3.2)	57 (23.3)	1.0		1.0
Vaginal delivery	90 (96.8)	188 (76.7)	9.1 (2.8–29.8)	< 0.001	1.4 (0.3–8.0)	0.678
Vaginal delivery (n = 281)
Spontaneous Vaginal delivery	86 (94.5)	183 (96.3)	1.0
Vacuum extraction	5 (5.5)	7 (3.7)	1.5 (0.5–4.9)	0.485
Duration of labour at the first delivery (177)
< 24 hours	50 (53.8)	17 (72.6)	1.0		1.0
≥ 24 hours	43 (45.2)	67 (27.4)	2.2 (1.4–3.7)	0.002	3.9 (1.3–6.5)	0.012
Heaviest birth weight (n =249)
< 3.5 Kg	8 (18.6)	97 (47.1)	1.0		1.0
≥ 3.5 Kg	35 (81.4)	109 (52.9)	3.9 (1.7–8.8)	0.001	3.7 (1.1–12.6)	0.034
History of Perineal tears
No	56 (60.2)	210 (85.7)	1.0		1.0
Yes	37 (39.8)	35 (14.3)	4.0 (2.4–6.9)	< 0.001	6.5 (2.1–20.2)	0.001
Average interdelivery interval in years (n=272)
≥ 2 years	20 (23.3)	73 (39.3)	1.0		1.0
< 2 years	66 (76.7)	113 (60.7)	2.1 (1.2–3.8)	0.011	1.6 (0.5–4.6)	0.413