Three Years Data of Uterine Fibroids Patient Characteristics at West Java Top Referral Hospital
Abstract: Uterine fibroids are
the most common benign tumor in female reproductive system and a major cause in
declining their quality of live. Patient characteristics has high prevalence in
black women, 40s, nulliparous, and early menarche. These characteristics are
varied in some areas and considered in treatment decisions. The objectives of
this study was to describe the uterine fibroid patient characteristics at Dr.
Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Bandung from 1 January 2013 to 31 December
2015.
Methods: A descriptive study was conducted to 255 medical records of
patients with uterine fibroids at Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hosiptal, Bandung
from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2015. This study was conducted from
September to November 2016. The variables were the year of treatment, age,
education, occupation, married status, menarche, abortion, parity, type of
uterine fibroids, and treatment. The collected data were analyzed and presented
using frequency tables and percentages.
Results: Most cases of uterine fibroids were discovered in 2014. The most
characteristics with uterine fibroids were pre-menopausal age (41.18%), high
school education (55.69%), housewife (63.14%), normal menarche (54.51%),
married (92.16%), nulliparous (47.45%), no abortion (76.47%), multiple uterine
fibroids (46.67%), and hysterectomy (58.04%).
Conclusions: The most combination of characteristics of patients with
uterine fibroids is nulliparrous women in reproductive and pre-menopausal age
with normal menarche.
Keywords: Age, menarche,
parity, uterine fibroids
Author: Mutiara Azzahra,
Sharon Gondodiputro, Mulyanusa Amarullah
Journal Code: jpkedokterangg170153
