IMPACTS OF UTERO VAGINAL PROLAPSE ON QUALITY OF LIFE AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG WOMEN'S ATTENDING WOLKITE UNIVERSITY SPECIALIZED AND TEACHING HOSPITAL AND ATAT HOSPITAL, GURAGE ZONE, SNNPR, ETHIOPIA, 2022

Abstract

Background: Utero vaginal prolapse is characterized by descent of the uterus into the vagina and results from weakness in normally supportive tissue. It is a major women’s health concern throughout the world. Objective:To assess Impacts of utero vaginal prolapse on quality of life and associated factors among women attending WUSH and Atat Hospital, Gurage zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia Methodology: Institutional based cross sectional study design was employed. Systematic sampling technique was used to select women from study area.It was conduct by face to face interview the women by using questionnaires and the data entered by Epi data V 1.3 then exported to SPSS version 21 for analysis. Result: There were a total 105 UVP patient was participated to assess the impacts of UVP in quality of life and to assess its associated factors regarding socio demographic information 70(67.2%) women’s are between the age of 30-60 and 35(33.6%) are >61. There is high prevalence in our study area (25.5%) its expected from this study to ensuring a good quality of life. This study showed that the average prolapsed quality of life score of participant was 34.69 26.5 SD.