Socio-Demographic and Reproductive Health Profile Among Egyptian Women with Uterine Fibroid, AFAF A. SHOAIEB, MAGDA A. FAWAZ and MOHAMMED ABDEL FATTAH
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Socio-Demographic and Reproductive Health Profile Among Egyptian Women with Uterine Fibroid, AFAF A. SHOAIEB, MAGDA A. FAWAZ and MOHAMMED ABDEL FATTAH
Abstract
Background: Uterine fibroid is the most common benign gynecological tumors affecting as many as 25% of women in the reproductive age.
Aim of Study: The aim of the current study is to assess Socio-demographic and reproductive health profile among Egyptian women with uterine fibroid.
Subject and Methods: A descriptive research design was adopted in this study.
Setting: The study was conducted in Inpatient and out-patient Gynecological Clinic at El-Manial Maternity Hospital.
Sample: A non-probability convivence sample of 120 women with uterine fibroid were chosen based on certain inclusion criteria.
Tool: Structured interviewing questionnaire sheet was used for data collection.
Result: The mean age of the study sample was 41.4±5.3, 46.7% lived in rural areas, 45.8% had completed their sec-ondary education, 82.5% were married, 59.2 were working and 78.3% had low income. 64.2% were obese, 88.3% reported past history of hypertension, 83.3% reported high level of lipid profile and 79.2% had family history of uterine fibroid and their mother was the main first family member suffering from this problems followed by the sister (16.8%) respectively. 65.8% had early menarche at age of <14yrs, Moreover more than half of the study sample 77.8% their gravida more than once, 70.7% their parity ranged between (1-3 times), 57.5% used oral hormonal contraceptive methods.
Conclusion: The study conducted that, middle menopausal age, living in rural area, marriage, low socioeconomic sta-tus,obesity, past medical history of hypertension and high lipids, Positive family history of uterine fibroid, Early age of menarch, parity, using oral hormonal contraceptive methods were the most common Socio-demographic and Reproductive health profile among Egyptian women With uterine fibroid.
Recommendations: Further studies should be done to predict the association between socio-demographic and reproductive factors and the risk for uterine fibroid and examine it's impact on the quality of life.