Health and Social Problems Encountered by Treated and Untreated Obstetric Fistula Patients in Rural Ethiopia

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-50

  Muleta, Mulu ^a   Hamlin, E Catherine ^a   Fantahun, Mesganaw ^b   Kennedy, Ruth C ^a   Tafesse, Biruk ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA FISTULA HOSPITAL   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Depression; Obstetric fistula; Social problems; Suicidal ideation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC FISTULA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL STATUS; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; LABOR COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ALIENATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VESICOVAGINAL FISTULA;

EID: 41149139024     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)32712-8     Document Type: Article

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