Determinants of Pelvic Floor Disorders among Women Visiting the Gynecology Outpatient Department in Wolkite University Specialized Center, Wolkite, Ethiopia

Table 6

Factors associated with PFD among study participants.

Variable		Pelvic floor disorder		COR (95% CI)	AOR(95% CI)
		Present	Absent
Maternal age (years)	≥48 years	12 (4.4)	22 (8.1)	4.727 (1.765, 12.663)
	38–47	13 (4.8)	45 (16.7)	2.504 (0.992, 6.319)
	28–37	14 (5.2)	77 (28.5)	1.576 (0.644, 3.855)
	18–27	9 (3.3)	78 (28.9)	1
BMI	≥25 kg/m2	9 (3.3)	17 (6.3)	2.783 (1.157, 6.692)
	<25 kg/m2	39 (14.4)	205 (75.9)	1
Age at first pregnancy	<18 years	25 (12.7)	27 (13.7)	5.177 (2.549, 10.512)	5.193 (1.905, 14.157)
	≥18 years	22 (11.2)	123 (62.4)	1	1
Number of pregnancies	5 and above	24 (12.2)	19 (9.6)	7.195 (3.407, 15.191)
	4 and less	23 (11.7)	131(66.5)	1
Abortion history	Yes	13 (6.6)	11 (5.6)	4.832 (1.992, 11.721)
	No	34 (17.4)	139 (70.6)	1
Number of childbirths	5 and above	25 (12.8)	17 (8.7)	8.757 (4.079, 18.798)
	4 and less	22 (11.3)	131(67.2)	1
Number of vaginal deliveries	5 and more	27 (14.1)	7 (3.7)	29.786 (11.343, 78.217)	15.858 (5.305, 47.400)
	4 and fewer	18 (9.4)	139 (72.8)	1	1
Episiotomy history	Yes	7 (3.7)	6 (3.1)	4.298 (1.364, 13.545)	7.508 (1.556, 36.224)
	No	38 (19.9)	140 (73.3)	1	1
Menopause	Yes	22 (8.1)	10 (3.7)	17.938 (7.658, 42.022)	7.665 (2.440, 24.078)
	No	26 (9.6)	212 (78.5)	1	1
History of constipation	Yes	4 (1.5)	3 (1.1)	6.636 (1.435, 30.696)
	No	44 (16.3)	219 (81.1)	1

Note.statistically significant at p < 0.05.