Episiotomy practice in six Palestinian hospitals: a population-based cohort study among singleton vaginal births.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the rates, characteristics and indications for episiotomy among women delivering vaginally for the first time, as well as parous women.

Study design

A prospective, population-based birth cohort study.

Setting

Obstetric departments in six Palestinian government hospitals.

Participants

All women with singleton vaginal births (n=29 165) from 1 March 2015 until 1 March 2016.

Methods

All women were divided into two groups: first vaginal birth group (n=9108), including primiparous women and women with their first vaginal birth after one caesarean section, and the parous group (n=20 057). Each group was analysed separately. Data were presented as numbers and percentages or range. Differences in rates were assessed by the p values of χ²

SUBMITTER: Zimmo K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6082490 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature