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| Title |
Barriers to essential surgical care experienced by women in the two northernmost regions of Ghana: a cross-sectional survey
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| Published in |
BMC Women's Health, May 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12905-016-0308-4 |
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| Authors |
Adam Gyedu, Francis Abantanga, Godfred Boakye, Shailvi Gupta, Easmon Otupiri, Anita Eseenam Agbeko, Adam Kushner, Barclay Stewart |
| Abstract |
Women in developing countries might experience certain barriers to care more frequently than men. We aimed to describe barriers to essential surgical care that women face in five communities in Ghana. Questions regarding potential barriers were asked during surgical outreaches to five communities in the northernmost regions of Ghana. Responses were scored in three dimensions from 0 to 18 (i.e., 'acceptability,' 'affordability,' and 'accessibility'; 18 implied no barriers). A barrier to care index out of 10 was derived (10 implied no barriers). An open-ended question to elicit gender-specific barriers was also asked. Of the 320 participants approached, 315 responded (response rate 98 %); 149 were women (47 %). Women had a slightly lower barriers to surgical care index (median index 7.4; IQR 3.9-9.1) than men (7.9; IQR 3.9-9.4; p = 0.002). Compared with men, women had lower accessibility and acceptability dimension scores (14.4/18 vs 14.4/18; p = 0.001 and 13.5/18 vs 14/18; p = 0.05, respectively), but similar affordability scores (13.5/18 vs 13.5/18; p = 0.13). Factors contributing to low dimension scores among women included fear of anesthesia, lack of social support, and difficulty navigating healthcare, as well as lack of hospital privacy and confidentiality. Women had a slightly lower barriers to surgical care index than men, which may indicate greater barriers to surgical care. However, the actual significance of this difference is not yet known. Community-level education regarding the safety and benefits of essential surgical care is needed. Additionally, healthcare facilities must ensure a private and confidential care environment. These interventions might ameliorate some barriers to essential surgical care for women in Ghana, as well as other LMICs more broadly. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 3 | 75% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Kenya | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 95 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 12 | 12% |
| Researcher | 10 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 8% |
| Other | 25 | 26% |
| Unknown | 20 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 34 | 35% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 16 | 16% |
| Social Sciences | 9 | 9% |
| Psychology | 3 | 3% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 7 | 7% |
| Unknown | 26 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 June 2016.
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#12,840,565
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Outputs from BMC Women's Health
#873
of 1,825 outputs
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#163,781
of 337,040 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Women's Health
#5
of 10 outputs
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