作者
Joseph E Potter, Kristine Hopkins, Anibal Faúndes, Ignez Perpétuo
发表日期
2008/3
期刊
Birth
卷号
35
期号
1
页码范围
33-40
出版商
Blackwell Publishing Inc
简介
Background
In Brazil, one‐fourth of all women deliver in the private sector, where the rate of cesarean deliveries is extremely high (70%). Most (64%) private sector cesareans are scheduled, although many women would have preferred a vaginal delivery. The question this study addresses is whether childbearing women were induced to accept the procedure by their physicians, and if so, how? Methods
Three face‐to‐face structured interviews were conducted with 1,612 women (519 private sector and 1,093 public sector) early in pregnancy, approximately 1 month before their due date, and approximately 1 month postpartum. For all private sector patients having a scheduled cesarean section, women’s self‐reported reasons given for programming surgical delivery were classified into three groups according to obstetrical justification. Results
After loss to follow‐up (19.2% of private …引用总数
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