Decision to delivery interval for emergency caesarean section in Eastern Uganda: A cross-sectional study.
Journal
PloS one
ISSN: 1932-6203
Titre abrégé: PLoS One
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101285081
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
Historique:
received:
28
04
2023
accepted:
08
09
2023
medline:
23
10
2023
pubmed:
27
9
2023
entrez:
27
9
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The decision to delivery interval is a key indicator of the quality of obstetric care. This study assessed the decision to delivery interval for emergency cesarean sections and factors associated with delay. We conducted a cross-sectional study between October 2022 and December 2022 in the labor ward at Mbale regional referral hospital. Our primary outcome variable was the decision to delivery interval defined as the time interval in minutes from the decision to perform the emergency caesarean section to delivery of the baby. We used an observer checklist and interviewer administered questionnaire to collect data. Stata version 14.0 (StataCorp; College Station, TX, USA) was used to analyze the data. We enrolled 352 participants; the mean age was 25.9 years and standard deviation (SD) ±5.9 years. The median (interquartile range) decision to delivery interval was 110 minutes (80 to 145). Only 7/352 (2.0%) participants had a decision to delivery time interval of ≤30 minutes. More than three quarters 281 /352 (79.8%) had a decision to delivery interval of greater than 75 minutes. Emergency cesarean section done by intern doctors compared to specialists [Adjusted Prevalence Ratio (aPR): 1.26; 95% CI: (1.09-1.45)] was associated with a prolonged decision to delivery interval. The average decision to delivery interval was almost 2 hours. Delays were mostly due to health system challenges. We recommend routine monitoring of decision to delivery interval as an indicator of the quality of obstetric care.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37756316
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0291953
pii: PONE-D-23-12670
pmc: PMC10529601
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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Copyright: © 2023 Apako et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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