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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants, University of Gondar, Ethiopia. (n = 223)

From: Translation, transcultural adaptation, reliability and validation of the pelvic organ prolapse quality of life (P-QoL) in Amharic

 

Symptomatic

N (%)

Asymptomatic

N (%)

P-value

Age (years)

 Mean(+SD)

50.3 (11.3)

38.8 (13.6)

< 0.001a

Educational status*

 Illiterate

149 (98.0)

62 (87.2)

 

 Literate

3 (2.0)

9 (12.8)

 

Parity

 Mean(+SD)

6.7 (2.7)

3.9 (3.3)

< 0.001a

POP-Q findings, n (%)

 Stage 0

0 (0)

37 (52.1)

 

 Stage 1

4 (2.6)

27 (38.0)

 

 Stage 2

9 (5.9)

7 (9.9)

 

 Stage 3

113 (74.3)

0 (0)

 

 Stage 4

26 (17.1)

0 (0)

 

Total

152 (100%)

71 (100%)

 
  1. SD standard deviation, POP-Q Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification system
  2. *Literate participants attended formal education at primary, secondary, preparatory or/and university/college level; illiterate participants did not attend formal education and include those who could and could not read and write
  3. aCalculated with independent t-test
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