Health Seeking Behaviour of Tiv Women Living with Fibroid in Benue State, Nigeria (original) (raw)
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FUWUKARI INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT, 2019
Uterine fibroids are abnormal growths located in the uterus of women, creating severe complications such as infertility and death. Most studies on fibroid in Nigeria are hospitalbased. Hence, this study is a community-based study focusing on the awareness, knowledge and attitude towards women living with fibroid in Benue State. The study is anchored on theory of planned behaviour. Study participants were selected from 4 Tiv-speaking Local Government Areas in Benue State through multi stage sampling technique. Sequential exploratory mixed method of data collection was used. Findings revealed substantial (94.2%) awareness of fibroid by women, whose major sources of information were friends, family and electronic media. The primary causes of fibroid are witchcraft (58%), use of contraceptives (56.6%), poor dieting (57.7%) and remnant blood from menses (50%), while the identified symptoms are irregular menstruation, heavy bleeding, lump in the stomach, constant miscarriage, difficulty in conception, constant back pain and painful sexual intercourse. The perception that women living with fibroid be treated unlike other women (72.9%) and men be discouraged from marrying women living with fibroid (51.6%) still hold sway in the study area. The study recommended the provision of health education programmes and effective public awareness and enlightenment campaigns by the Government and Non-Governmental Organizations for fibroid and its related issues.
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Leiomyomas, or uterine fibroids as they are commonly known, are mostly seen in women of reproductive age. However, they can go undetected in most women, and approximately 25% of women show clinical symptoms. Although fibroids are a global burden impacting 80% of premenopausal women, they are more prevalent among Black women than among women of other races. The design of this study was a survey design. The population of the study comprised of 293 400level female undergraduate students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University. The instrument is titled Knowledge of Uterine Fibroids among Female Undergraduate Student (KUFFUS). Results showed that Female undergraduate students in Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka Anambra State are knowledgeable about uterine fibroid also, Female undergraduate students in Nnamdi Azikiwe agreed on the signs of uterine fibroid. Conclusion and recommendations were made that there should be seminars to enlighten women on the scientific and medically approved best practices in fibroid management in order to correct the erroneous speculations and beliefs among religious women and the public at large.
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Uterine fibroid: a socially malignant illness in Haiti
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