CESAREAN SECTION RATE AND INFLUENCING FACTORS IN AL-KHOBAR CITY, EASTERN PROVINCE, KSA, 2016

Aminah Al-Sulaiman; Areej Al-Qhatani; Mohammed  Al-Amin

doi:10.2147/ijwh.s85215

CESAREAN SECTION RATE AND INFLUENCING FACTORS IN AL-KHOBAR CITY, EASTERN PROVINCE, KSA, 2016

Aminah Al-Sulaiman
, Areej Al-Qhatani
, Mohammed Al-Amin

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Objectives: Alarming increases in cesarean section rates have been documented worldwide. The purpose of this study was to measure the cesarean section rate in Al-Khobar maternity care units and the frequency of influencing factors.
Methods: This retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted on women who had a cesarean section in maternity care units in Al-Khobar from July 2014 to July 2015. A total of 300 medical records were randomly selected with equal allocations from each maternity unit. Data were collected from medical records using a data collection sheet.
Results: The cesarean section rate was 31.9%. Half (50.01%) of the procedures were emergency cesarean sections, whereas 49.98% were elective procedures. Most cesarean sections occurred in private hospitals (91.35%), whereas 8.65% occurred in public hospitals.
Conclusion: More than one-third of the deliveries were cesarean sections. Emergency indications were more common in governmental hospitals than in private hospitals.

Original language	English
Journal	International Journal of Women’s Health
Volume	7
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2147/ijwh.s85215
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2018
Externally published	Yes

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