Evaluate access to healthcare, comprehension of pre-operative counseling and post-operative goals of women treated for vesicovaginal fistula in Niger through use of a questionnaire.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
58
From September 2005 to January 2006, 58 women who underwent surgery for vesicovaginal fistula at the National Hospital Fistula Center in Niamey, Niger were interviewed post-operatively using a questionnaire developed to investigate demographic, social, economic, and cultural factors that may affect formation of fistula. Also included in this questionnaire was evaluation of access to health care as well as patient understanding of counseling regarding their surgery and post-operative instructions, in particular information about future fertility and fistula development.
Mount SInai School of Medicine
New York, New York, United States
Access to healthcare
Time frame: 1 year
Comprehension of pre-operative counselling
Time frame: 1 year
Post-operative goals of women undergoing repair of vesicovaginal fistula
Time frame: 1 yr
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