Decision to delivery interval for emergency caesarean section in Eastern Uganda: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

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.

Methods

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.

Results

We enrolled 352 participants; the mean a

SUBMITTER: Apako T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10529601 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature