Abstract:
Abstract: Obstetric fistula is the presence of a hole between a woman’s genital tract and
either the urinary or the intestinal tract. Better knowledge of the risk factors for obstetric
fistula could help in preventing its occurrence. The purpose of this study was to assess
the characteristics of obstetric fistula patients. A retrospective and cohort study was
used and 289 patients was taken from a hospital records. The study includes obstetric
fistula patients who were recorded in the medical record room of cards which have the
vital data and the patients with missing main data for the research were excluded. The
results from the Weibull regression model revealed that older ages at first marriage,
weight < 50 kg, height of > 150 cm, follow-up of antenatal care, delivery at health center,
duration of labour for < 2 day, vaginal delivery, urban residence, accessing education,
width of fistula < 5 cm, intact of urethra and duration of incontinent of urine <3 month
significantly (p < 0.05) contribute to shorter stay in hospital to treated and physically
cured than their counterparts. The average survival times of a patient stay in the hospital
to treated and physically cured is 5.19 weeks. The finding of this study showed that age
at first marriage, height, antenatal care, weight, place of delivery, mode of delivery,
duration of labour, duration of incontinent of urine, educational status, residence width
of fistula, and status of urethra were influential affecting recovery time of obstetric fistula
patient at the Hospital
