Abstract :
Introduction: Uterine prolapsed- is a major public health problem in Nepal. It is a medical and social
problem, deeply rooted with poor health services and socio-cultural beliefs.
Objectives: The objective of this study was to find out the contributing factors of utero -vaginal
prolapsed among Nepali parous women.
Methods and Materials: Descriptive study design was used. A total of 40 women diagnosed with
utero-vaginal prolapsed were selected as the cases by using purposive sampling technique. Data
were collected from 2071/07/9 to 2071/10/29 (2014/10/26 to 2015/2/29) among women attending at
Lumbini Medical College and Teaching Hospital. Data processing and analysis was done using
SPSS version 16.
Results: Among the 40 respondents the study reveals that major contributing factors of
utero-vaginal prolapsed are early marriage i.e 95% got marriage before the age of 20year, repeated
birth of child i.e 92% respondent have more than 3 birth with 70% home delivery without skilled birth
attendance, heavy work load during pregnancy and postnatal period and delay treatment of
problem.
Conclusion: The study conclude that contributing factors depicted by our study were heavy work,
illiteracy, early marriage/child birth, inadequate food during pregnancy and postpartum period, multi
parity, home delivery and less rest period during post partum.
Keyword :
Contributing factors, utero-vaginal prolapse, women .Parous women, Vaginal delivery.