Predictive factors of hysterectomy in the City of Ilam: The area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve model approach abstract
Background: Hysterectomy pertains tothe removal of the uterus and the cervix without removal of adenexes.Hysterectomy is one of the most common surgical procedures and in the United States it ranks as the secondcommon operation after cesarean. The objective of this study is to investigate the related variables involvedamong women with
hysterectomy in the Shahid Mustafa Khomeini hospital inthe city of Ilam, Iran.Methods: A retrospective
case-control study was conducted on 150 women including 75 in the control groupand 75 as the case group. The cases were women with
hysterectomy during 2009-2011, and the control groupwas randomly selected out of women referred to the hospital in these years and hospitalized due to other causesother than hysterectomy.Data were analyzed using SPSS software, version 17. T-test and Chi-square test wereused as appropriated.Precision the prediction models evaluated using a receiver operating characteristic (ROC)curve.Results: In this study, of the all operations (2009-2011) performed on women in the Shahid Mustafa Khomeinihospital in Ilam, 76 women (3.8%) had undergone hysterectomy.The mean age of women with hysterectomyand the control group were 48.2 and 28.8 respectively. The mean numbers of pregnancies forthe control groupas well as women with
hysterectomy were 2.18% and 6.33%, respectively. The most common cause ofhysterectomy was abnormal uterine bleeding (52%). There was a significant relationship between age and therisk of
hysterectomy (P < 0.001). Considering the pelvic mass, 4 (5.3 %)of the cases and 33 individuals (44%)who had a history of
hysterectomy had such a mass (P < 0.001, OR = 13.94).Conclusion: As revealed in this study,
hysterectomy in most cases is performed aboutthe
menopause age whenthe incidence of abnormal uterine bleeding is relatively common. Thus, it might be possible to treat the patientwith maintenance therapy in order to reduce the prevalence of hysterectomy.