Calculators Estimating the Likelihood of Vaginal Birth After Cesarean: Uses and Perceptions.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A calculator estimating likelihood of vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) has been promoted by the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, but little is known about how it is used and perceived in practice. Cutoffs for prohibiting labor after cesarean are discouraged by the calculator's developers, but such uses may be widespread. The purpose of this study was to determine how calculators predicting VBAC are used and perceived in midwifery practices.

Methods

Certified nurse-midwives and certified midwives currently providing care for labor after cesarean were surveyed between January 17, 2019, and February 7, 2019. Quantitative and text data were collected regarding the uses and perceptions of calculators among midwives and their colleagues. We compared these findi

SUBMITTER: Thornton PD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7606451 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature