Magnitude and Associated Factors of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia among Male Patients Admitted at Surgical Ward of selected Governmental Hospitals in Sidamma region, Ethiopia 2021 (original) (raw)

Background Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is the most common cause of bladder outlet obstruction and voiding symptoms in elderly men and it affects more than 50% of men over 60 years of age globally. Ethiopia is one of the top ten countries with the largest number of people affected by BPH in Africa, with a prevalence range of 6.1-33.4%. Methods A hospital based cross-sectional study was conducted among 143 male patients admitted at surgical ward of HUCSH and AGH of Hawassa City from Oct 15 to Nov 15 /2021. Non-randomized purposive sampling method was applied and the data were collected by using a pretested structured, an intervieweradministered questionnaire and patient review checklist. The collected data was checked daily for the completeness, the accuracy and the consistency and it was analyzed by SPSS version 20 and a binary logistic regression model was used to test the association between dependent and independent variables. Results This study included 143 male patients, with a mean age of 54.27 and SD ± 16.079 years. In this study the magnitude of BPH was 27(18.9%). Old age > = 75 years (AOR = 0.07; 95% CI: 0.005-1.024), being smokers (AOR = 0.261, 95% CI 0.078-0.871), positive familial history of BPH (AOR = 0.13; 95% CI: 0.038-0.428), patients with renal disease (AOR = 5.724; 95% CI: 1.669-19.631) and patients with history of di culties on sexual activity (AOR = 0.17; 95% CI: 0.034-0.830) were found to be statistically associated with the presence of BPH. Conclusions In conclusion, the ndings of this study revealed that BPH is a high prevalent disease among men. Factors that potentially increase the risk of benign prostatic hyperplasia were; old age, positive family history, smoking, and renal disease and di culties on sexual activities. Intensifying health education campaign to raise public awareness about, factors that potentially increase the risk of BPH, especially those modi able once.

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