Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and hysteroscopic indications at St.Paul’s hospital (N = 328)
From: Diagnostic and therapeutic hysteroscopy in Ethiopia: a retrospective study on practice and outcomes
Variables | n | % |
|---|---|---|
Age group | ||
21–25 | 28 | 8.5 |
26–30 | 125 | 38.1 |
31–35 | 87 | 26.5 |
>35 | 88 | 26.8 |
Residence | ||
Rural | 87 | 26.5 |
Urban | 241 | 73.5 |
Parity | ||
Nulliparous | 267 | 81.4 |
Parous | 61 | 18.6 |
Marital Status | ||
Married | 303 | 92.4 |
Single | 25 | 7.6 |
Type of hysteroscopy | ||
Diagnostic | 32 | 9.8 |
Operative | 296 | 90.2 |
The performing physician | ||
REI subspecialist | 250 | 76.2 |
2nd -year fellow | 78 | 23.8 |
Indication for hysteroscopic procedures | ||
Primary infertility | 159 | 48.5 |
Secondary amenorrhea | 59 | 18.0 |
Secondary infertility | 57 | 17.4 |
Abnormal uterine bleeding | 29 | 8.8 |
Recurrent pregnancy loss | 10 | 3.0 |
Misplaced IUCD | 5 | 1.5 |
Primary amenorrhea | 4 | 1.2 |
Fetal bone fragments | 3 | 0.9 |
Others | 2 | 0.6 |