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    Palestinian Women Knowledge towards Pelvic Organ Prolapse in West Bank, Palestine: Across sectional study
    (Al-Quds University, 2024-08-20) Doha Khaleel Moheasen; ضحى خليل محيسن
    Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a common disorder among women of different ages, although, the prevalence of pelvic organ prolapse is high in developing countries and its negative impact on women life who have this problem, previous research detected a lack of knowledge and awareness among women as well as limitation in their seeking care behaviors towards POP. Aim: to assess women’s knowledge about Pelvic organ prolapse in the southern area of West Bank, Palestine. Methodology: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 317 married women of different ages. The sample of this study was convenient. Women from Hebron and Bethlehem areas were invited to participate in this study. A questionnaire in Arabic language was developed by the researchers and then was validated to achieve the purpose of the study. Data collection was conducted by using electronic and paper questionnaire. SPSS version 25 was used for data analyses, Kruskal-wallis H and mann whitney u test was used. Results: Approximately, 208 (65.6%) of the participants had low level of knowledge about POP in term of risk factors, diagnosis and treatment. The major source of knowledge with regards the POP is the surrounding community 95 (30%). Moreover, around 89 (28.1%) did not aware and did not hear about POP. Medical science education and report sign and symptoms (S&S) of POP and the awareness about POP had strong relationships with the level of knowledge of pelvic organ prolapse. The prevalence of women who had POP symptoms is 182 (57.4 %), 151 (82.9 %) of them didn’t seek health care regarding POP symptom. There are no relationships between demographic and obstetrical data and presence of POP symptoms. The highest mentioned reason 106 (70.19%) for not seeking health care was that the symptoms are not annoying”, the next reason 103 (68.2%) is the belief that the condition they suffer is normal. iv Conclusions: There are low level of knowledge and awareness among Palestinian women regarding POP as well as high level of POP symptoms and high level of not seeking health care among women who had symptoms of POP151 (82.96). intervention needed to improve Palestinian women knowledge towards POP risk factors, treatment, prevention and early detection and promote their seeking care behavior by encouraging them to visit the gynecologic clinics.