The Regulating Influence of Rehabilitation and Awareness Campaign on the Relationships between Transportation, Stigma, Quality of Health and Health-seeking Behavior among Obstetric Fistula Patients in North-west Nigeria: A Pilot Study
- April 9, 2020
- Posted by: RSIS
- Categories: IJRSI, Nursing
International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume VII, Issue III, March 2020 | ISSN 2321–2705
Faruk U. Abubakar, Muhammad Anka Nasiru
Department of Nursing Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, Nigeria
Abstract—This study evaluates a small sample size from positivist’s orientation regarding the regulating influence of rehabilitation and awareness campaigns on the relationships between transportation, stigma, quality of health and health-seeking behavior among obstetric fistula patients in north-west Nigeria. The study utilized a descriptive cross-sectional survey design, a simple random sampling method, and collected 100 completed questionnaires. The study employed six constructs for assessment. Data were analyzed utilizing the statistical package for social sciences, SPSS v22, which was complemented by meticulous perusal by the panel of experts to evaluate the reliability and the validity of the construct’s items. Consequently, the findings of the pilot study confirmed that all the adapted items of the constructs are reliable and valid, and they are suitable for application in the main study.
Keywords: Rehabilitation, awareness Campaign, transportation, stigma, quality of health, health-seeking behavior, obstetric fistula, pilot study
I. INTRODUCTION
Obstetric fistula is a hole between the vagina and rectum or urinary bladder, which occurs commonly due to prolonged obstructed labor [3], [27]. The disease is characterized by physical, medical, and psychological signs and symptoms as well as consequences [12], [50]. Precisely, the fistula disease is a condition affecting women and girls that lead to the uncontrollable discharge of feces or urine or both [50], [27]. Although fistula could occur among women and children of all age groups, however, the disease is more common among women of reproductive age [27].
