ArticleBMC women's health2025
Women's Knowledge and Health Care-Seeking Behavior Regarding Pelvic Organ Prolapse in the West Bank, Palestine in maternaity and obstatric of Nursing.
Article in BMC women's health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed.
- Correction: Women's knowledge and health care-seeking behavior regarding pelvic organ prolapse in the West Bank, Palestine.BMC women's health · 2026Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundPelvic organ prolapse is a prevalent condition affecting women of various ages; however, many remain unaware of this health issue and its potential complications. This study aimed to assess the knowledge, prevalence of reported POP symptoms, and healthcare-seeking behaviour among women in the West Bank.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted using a self-administered online questionnaire with a convenience sample of 317 women ages are 18 and older. Data were collected online via social media after contacting participants by phone and distributing a Google Form questionnaire. Data were analysed by using SPSS; Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests were also utilized.
resultsApproximately 208 (65.6%) of the participants exhibited a low level of knowledge regarding Pelvic Organ Prolapse. The prevalence of reported pelvic organ prolapse symptoms was 182 (57.4%). Notably, 151 (82.9%) of the women who reported symptoms did not seek health care accordingly. Factors such as body mass index, residency, stress incontinence, chronic constipation, irregular menstruation, and menopause showed significant associations with the prevalence of reported symptoms of pelvic organ prolapse.
conclusionLower knowledge levels among Palestinian women were significantly associated with increased reports of POP symptoms, which correlated with limited health care-seeking behaviour. This issue is further complicated by cultural barriers to accessing care, political instability, limited availability of healthcare services, and varying levels of awareness among women. IMPLICATIONS: The findings highlight an urgent need for collaboration among healthcare providers, policymakers, and community representatives to address cultural barriers and ultimately improve access to healthcare by designing culturally sensitive health promotion campaigns targeting women aged 30 and above.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What Socratic holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.