Access to Healthcare, Patient Comprehension and Future Plans of Women Undergoing Surgery for a Vesicovaginal Fistula in Niamey, Niger

Delivery of Healthcare Clinical Trial

Official title:

Access to Healthcare, Patient Comprehension and Future Plans of Women Undergoing Surgery for a Vesicovaginal Fistula in Niamey, Niger

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00911014
• Other study ID #: HSD08-00564
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 28, 2009
• Last updated: May 28, 2009
• Start date: September 2005
• Est. completion date: January 2006

Study information

• Verified date: May 2009
• Source: Ascher-Walsh, Charles, M.D.
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Evaluate access to healthcare, comprehension of pre-operative counseling and post-operative goals of women treated for vesicovaginal fistula in Niger through use of a questionnaire.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 58
• Est. completion date: January 2006
• Est. primary completion date: January 2006
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women who underwent surgery for repair or vesicovaginal fistula

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Delivery of Healthcare
• Fistula
• Vesicovaginal Fistula

Intervention

Other:
• Questionnaire
From September 2005 to January 2006, 58 women who underwent surgery for vesicovaginal fistula at the National Hospital Fistula Center in Niamey, Niger were interviewed post-operatively using a questionnaire developed to investigate demographic, social, economic, and cultural factors that may affect formation of fistula. Also included in this questionnaire was evaluation of access to health care as well as patient understanding of counseling regarding their surgery and post-operative instructions, in particular information about future fertility and fistula development.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Mount SInai School of Medicine	New York	New York

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ascher-Walsh, Charles, M.D.

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (1)

Meyer L, Ascher-Walsh CJ, Norman R, Idrissa A, Herbert H, Kimso O, Wilkinson J. Commonalities among women who experienced vesicovaginal fistulae as a result of obstetric trauma in Niger: results from a survey given at the National Hospital Fistula Center, Niamey, Niger. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Jul;197(1):90.e1-4. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Access to healthcare		1 year	No
Secondary	Comprehension of pre-operative counselling		1 year	No
Secondary	Post-operative goals of women undergoing repair of vesicovaginal fistula		1 yr	No