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FOLLOW-UP OUTCOMES: At the end of the morb idi ty assessment,
based on t he i nt e rvi ew a nd c linical examination f indings, the
359 sUbjects seen at fo l lOI.:-up were classified as "we l l " or
"ne e ded f u r t her medical at tention".
One hu ndr e d an d t wen ty (33 .4 %) , we r e considered t o be
well needing no medical attention, while 239 (66 . 6%) had
c ond i t i ons r eq uiring medical intervention. Of these 84 (23 .4%:)
were referred for furth"..lrcare and 1 5 5 (43 .2 %) were treated or
managed i n the c l inic . The di a gnos e s for t he 239 SUbjects who
were t reated and/ or referred for various disorders are
presented in TABLE 2 . 11 •
TABLE 2 . 1 1
!U.ACNOS IS IN TREATEp AND/ OR REFERRED STUDY SUBJECTS.
Percent (%)
Diagnosis No. of Cases no:: 3 5 9)
Upper ge n i tal tra ct infection
Lower gen i t al tract infection
Other ge nital tract pathology
Delayed uterine i nvo lution
Suspected uterine myomas
Adnexal mass l e s i ons
Condy loma acum inata
urinary tract infection
Anaemia
Postpartum hypertension
Se condary postpart um haemorrhag e
Breast and/or n i pple i n f ect i on
Venous thrombos i s / t hr ombophleb i t i s
Obs tetric neuropathies
Puerperal Psychiatric disorder
Puerperal pyrexia (PUO) .
Other medical diagnosis
other surgical diagnosis
64
58
21
11
5
4
1
19
109
35
13
35
3
3
2
2
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17 .8
16.2
5 .8
3. 1
1. 4
1. 1
0 .3
5 .2
30 . 4
9 .7
3.' 9 .7
0.'
0.' 0 .6
0.' 4 .5
3.'