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Background
Accessing surgical repair poses challenges to women living with female genital fistula who experience intersectional vulnerabilities including poverty, gender, stigma and geography. Barriers to fistula care have been described qualitatively in several low- and middle-income countries, but limited effort has been made to quantify these factors. This study aimed to develop and validate composite measures to assess barriers to accessing fistula repair in Nigeria and Uganda.
Methods
This quantitative study built on qualitative findings to content validate composite measures and investigates post-repair client surveys conducted at tertiary hospitals in Northern and Southern Nigeria and Central Uganda asking women about the degree to which a range of barriers affected their access. An iterative scale development approach included exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of two samples (n = 315 and n = 142, respectively) using STATA 13 software. Reliab ....

Fistula Care Plus Project , Open Data Kit , Additional File , Tucker Lewis Index , ஃபிஸ்துலா பராமரிப்பு ப்லஸ் ப்ராஜெக்ட் , திறந்த தகவல்கள் கிட் , டக்கர் லெவிஸ் குறியீட்டு ,