ArticleInternational urogynecology journal2020
Women's health seeking behavior for pelvic floor disorders and its associated factors in eastern Ethiopia.
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- Inequality in healthcare-seeking behavior among women with pelvic organ prolapse: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.BMC women's health · 2023Pooled it
- Sexual dysfunction worsens both the general and specific quality of life of women with irritable bowel syndrome. A cross-sectional study.BMC women's health · 2023Trial
- Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Pelvic Floor Distress Inventory Short Form (PFDI-20) and Pelvic Floor Impact Questionnaire Short Form (PFIQ-7) Portuguese Versions.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Women's Knowledge and Health Care-Seeking Behavior Regarding Pelvic Organ Prolapse in the West Bank, Palestine in maternaity and obstatric of Nursing.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- Determinants of healthcare-seeking behavior among women with symptoms of pelvic organ prolapse in gurage zone.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The Effect of Health Fatalism and Health-Seeking Behaviors on the Frequency of Non-Medication Coping Strategy Use in Women with Urinary Incontinence in Türkiye.International urogynecology journal · 2025Article
- Pelvic Floor Dysfunction among Reproductive-Age Women in Israel: Prevalence and Attitudes-A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Hungarian Women's Health Care Seeking Behavior and Knowledge of Urinary Incontinence and Pelvic Organ Prolapse: A Cross-sectional Study.Urogynecology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundPelvic floor disorders (PFDs), include urinary incontinence, overactive bladder, anal incontinence, and pelvic organ prolapse negatively affect physical, psychosocial, and economic wellbeing of women. In developing countries, less than a quarter of women with PFDs seek health care for their problem. Health care seeking for PFDs, and its associated factors, is little known in Ethiopia. This study aimed to assess health care seeking for PFDs, associated factors, and deterrents for seeking care.
methodsFrom a community based cross sectional study conducted form August 10 to September 4, 2016 to assess pelvic floor disorders, seven hundred four participants with PFDs drawn for health care seeking behavior analysis. Data were collected through interviewed administered questionnaire. Poisson regression model with robust variance was used to investigate the association of the independent variable with health care seeking behaviors. The results are reported in crude and adjusted prevalence ratio with 95% confidence intervals.
resultTwo hundred twenty five (32%; CI: 26.8-35.5) women sought care for their PFDs. Majority 160 (71%) of them seek care from government health facilities. Middle wealth index Adjusted Prevalence Ratio (APR) = 1.4, CI: 1.1, 1.8), autonomous decision making on own health (APR = 1.3, CI: 1.1, 1.7), and sever impact of PFDs on quality of life (APR = 1.4, CI:1.1, 1.9) were identified as associated factors for health care seeking.
conclusionA large number of women with pelvic floor disorder did not seek health care: this calls for urgent and tailored intervention to enhance health care seeking behaviors of women with PFD.
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