Survey respondents characteristics
| Years as active clinician (n=128) | Main region of practice (n=130) | ||||
| n | % | n | % | ||
| <1 | 0 | 0 | High-income country | 9 | 6.9 |
| 1–5 | 11 | 8.6 | Sub-Saharan Africa | 108 | 83.1 |
| 6–10 | 24 | 18.8 | Middle East/North Africa | 1 | 0.8 |
| 11–15 | 24 | 18.8 | East Asia and Pacific | 0 | 0 |
| 16–20 | 22 | 17.2 | South Asia | 10 | 7.7 |
| >20 | 47 | 36.7 | Eastern Europe/Central Asia | 0 | 0 |
| Latin America/Caribbean | 0 | 0 | |||
| Other | 2 | 1.5 | |||
| Number of fistula repairs in the last year (n=119) | Cases of POL managed last year (n=125) | ||||
| n | % | n | % | ||
| 0–10 | 12 | 10.1 | 0–10 | 24 | 19.2 |
| 11–50 | 31 | 26.1 | 11–50 | 41 | 32.8 |
| 51–100 | 14 | 11.8 | 51–100 | 19 | 15.2 |
| >100 | 31 | 26.1 | >100 | 10 | 8 |
| I am not providing fistula repairs | 31 | 26.1 | I do not attend labour and delivery care | 31 | 24.8 |
| Clinical services provided (n=129) | |||||
| n | % | n | % | ||
| General Obstetrics | 97 | 75.2 | General medical officer | 10 | 7.8 |
| General Gynaecology | 95 | 73.6 | Task-shifted basic surgical services clinician | 5 | 3.9 |
| Fistula Services | 90 | 69.8 | Urology | 22 | 17.1 |
| Surgical | 50 | 38.8 | Colorectal Surgery | 8 | 6.2 |
| Obstetric fistula catheter/non-surgical | 52 | 40.3 | Anaesthesia | 9 | 7 |
| General Surgery | 21 | 16.3 | Nursing, physiotherapy, social work | 5 | 3.9 |
| Credentialed general surgeon | 7 | 5.4 | Family Medicine | 5 | 3.9 |
| None of the above | 1 | 0.8 | |||
POL, prolonged obstructed labour.