Using Robson's Ten-Group Classification System for comparing caesarean section rates in Europe: an analysis of routine data from the Euro-Peristat study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Robson's Ten Group Classification System (TGCS) creates clinically relevant sub-groups for monitoring caesarean birth rates. This study assesses whether this classification can be derived from routine data in Europe and uses it to analyse national caesarean rates.

Design

Observational study using routine data.

Setting

Twenty-seven EU member states plus Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and the UK.

Population

All births at ≥22 weeks of gestational age in 2015.

Methods

National statistical offices and medical birth registers derived numbers of caesarean births in TGCS groups.

Main outcome measures

Overall caesarean rate, prevalence and caesarean rates in each of the TGCS groups.

Results

Of 31 countries, 18 were able to provide data on th

SUBMITTER: Zeitlin J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8359161 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature