Prevalence of Uterine Prolapse and its Associated Factors in Kaski District of Nepal

Tamrakar, Anupama

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“…11,13,15,16 In this study, mass media was the common (48.23%) source of information and only least (11.94%) of the women received information from health workers which is consistent with the various studies. 8,11,15 This study revealed significant association between the awareness level and ethnic group (p=.004 ) which is parallel to the large scale study conducted in 25 districts of Nepal. 15 Similarly, this study found significant association between the awareness level and experience of UP (p=.017) but the association was not observed in the study conducted in Bhaktapur among Newar parous women.…”

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“…Similarly, the advanced age, low education and economic status, teenage pregnancy, multiparity, home delivery conducted by unskilled personnel, prolonged labour, inadequate birth spacing, lack of nutritious diet especially during pregnancy and postnatal period and chronic smoking and coughing are the major risk factors for uterine prolapse. 8 Although the problem is preventable and not considered as a life threatening condition, it can affect in all dimensions of health, decreasing the total quality of life of women. 9 So, it is necessary to assess the level of awareness regarding UP among women and plan awareness raising programs accordingly, which can prevent the occurrence of such problem.…”

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Awareness on Uterine Prolapse among Parous Women in Pokhara, Kaski

Parajuli

Lawot

2020

jhas

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Introduction: Uterine prolapse (UP) is a common reproductive morbidity in Nepal. The greater number of women of all ages is suffering from the problem but they exist in silence as it is greatly associated with social stigma, isolation, discrimination and violence. The condition might be due to lack of awareness on uterine prolapse. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess the awareness regarding uterine prolapse among parous women in Pokhara, Kaski. Methods: A cross-sectional analytical research was conducted on a sample of 226 parous women aged between 20 to 59 years residing in Pokhara with probability, cluster sampling technique. Data was collected from June 26 to July 23, 2017 by the use of structured interview schedule. Data was entered into Epi-Data and further analyzed by using SPSS. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis at 5% level of significance. Results: The study found that the mean score of the participants was 38.72 ± 3.98. Among parous women, 58.40 percent had good level of awareness, 41.60 percent had fair level of awareness and none of them exhibited poor level of awareness on uterine prolapse. Only few (20.35%) of them had heard about kegel exercise. The result further showed that there is statistically significant association of level of awareness with ethnic group (p=.004, OR=2.30) and experience ofuterine prolapse (p=.017, OR= 2.37). Conclusion: It is concluded that just above fifty percent of the parous women had good level of awareness on uterine prolapse and most of them had not even heard about kegel exercise. Therefore, it is necessary to plan and implement the awareness raising programs continuously as it is the major area of concern among parous women.

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confidence: 79%

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confidence: 99%

Awareness on Uterine Prolapse among Parous Women in Pokhara, Kaski

Parajuli

Lawot

2020

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“…Most of them were illiterate and were housewives. Similar to the study, Tamrakar (2012) conducted a community-based cross-sectional study in the Kaski district which showed that the mean age of the respondents was 38.8 years where the majority of them were between the age group of 21-30 years. Most of them were housewives.…”

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“…Among the health problems faced by women, UP is a complex condition as it manifests different difficulties and symptoms like severe abdominal pain, an inability to sit, walk and/or stand, difficulties urinating and defecating, odorous discharge, sexual dysfunction, and inability to perform daily tasks (Subedi, 2010). Furthermore, it is stigmatized and women keep it secret because of the shame of the condition affecting a sensitive part of a woman's body (Tamrakar, 2012). They experience interference in their daily activities (Joseph et al, 2016).…”

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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Uterine Prolapse in Achham District, Nepal

Bogati,

Aryal,

Kuikel

et al. 2023

J. Health Promotion

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Uterine Prolapse (UP) is one of the hidden morbidities that do not lead to death, but women suffer from severe lifelong disabilities. In Nepal, the prevalence of UP in women varies from 10 to 40% due to several underlying causes. Therefore, the main aim of the study was to identify the prevalence and associated risk factors of UP. This community-based descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 300 married women aged 18 and over in four villages of Kamal Bazar Municipality, Achham, who suffered from UP. The random sampling technique was used to collect the data. The samples were selected using multistage sampling technique. The structured interview questionnaire was used and the face-to-face interview was conducted. The data were analyzed using MS-Excel and SPSS version 23. The statistical tests used were binary logistic regression, univariate and multivariate logistic regression. The prevalence of UP was 33.7%. In the multivariate analysis, participants aged 20-30 were forty one times more likely to suffer from UP than older participants of 50-60 {aOR 41.86 (95% CI; 14.31-122.45)}, were seven times more likely to have not attended health facilities for Antenatal Checkup/Postnatal Checkup (ANC/PNC) {aOR 7.10 (95% CI; 3.53-14.26)}, were less likely to have institutional delivery {aOR 0.13 (95% CI; 0.05-0.31)} and were three times more likely to have high Body Mass Index (BMI) {aOR 3.97 (95% CI; 1.81-8.71)}. Thus, the participants who hadn’t attended ANC/PNC checkups, had given birth at home, or had a high BMI, were more likely to have suffered from UP. Education is necessary to make people aware of UP at an early age and its impact is seen among people of a lower age inthe area.

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“…In Nepal, UP prevalence varies in different ecological zones, from 20%-37% in the Terai (Plain) area and 25% in the far west hills 8 to 27.4% in the central and eastern hills. The prevalence of UP was found to be 2.3% in Dang 9 , 35.97% in Doti 10 , 22.6% in Kalikot of Nepal 11 , 11.7% in Kaski 12 and it was 15% in Mugu, Salyan and Bajhang districts of Nepal 13 .…”

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Experiences of Women Affected with Uterine Prolapse: A Qualitative Study from Baitadi District

Thagunna

Yadav

2019

J. Manmohan Memorial Inst. Health. Sci.

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Background: Women with uterine prolapse often suffer in silence as it negatively influences their physical, psychological as well as social well-being. This study aimed to explore the social and reproductive health problems associated with uterine prolapse. Methods: Using a purposive sampling, we conducted 16 in-depth interviews with uterine prolapse affected women in October 2016. Semi-structuredinterviews took place in women’s familiar environment i.e. the participant’s house in Baitadi district.Interviews were audio taped, transcribed and analyzed according to semantic and latent thematic analysis. Results:The theme describing the women’s experiencesregarding uterine prolapse was labeled as ‘experience of living with uterine prolapse’. The theme constitutes three categories: physical, psychological and social health. The category physical health constitutes five subcategories that represent how physical health of women was affected by uterine prolapse and their consequences: pain, discharge and itching, bleeding and dizziness, difficulty in walking, lifting and sitting, reduction in food intake. The category psychological health comprises three subcategories that define women’s feeling, thought and behaviour towards their prolapsed uterus: anxiety, stress and depressive feeling, fear of death, cancer and surgery. Conclusion: All physical, psychological and social aspects of women’s health are affected by uterine prolapse. Due to prolapse walking, sitting, working and lifting activities are become challenging for women. Women can become victims of violence due to their disability and less productivity. Uterine prolapse seriously compromises the sexual life of women affected.

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Prevalence of Uterine Prolapse and its Associated Factors in Kaski District of Nepal

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Awareness on Uterine Prolapse among Parous Women in Pokhara, Kaski

Awareness on Uterine Prolapse among Parous Women in Pokhara, Kaski

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Uterine Prolapse in Achham District, Nepal

Experiences of Women Affected with Uterine Prolapse: A Qualitative Study from Baitadi District

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