Standardized Cesarean Risk Counseling with Induction: Impact on Racial Disparities in Birth Satisfaction.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

 Our prior work demonstrated decreased birth satisfaction for Black women undergoing labor induction. We aimed to determine if implementation of standardized counseling around calculated cesarean risk during labor induction could reduce racial disparities in birth satisfaction.

Study design

 We implemented use of a validated calculator that provides an individual cesarean risk score for women undergoing induction into routine care. This prospective cohort study compared satisfaction surveys for 6 months prior to implementation (preperiod: January 2018-June 2018) to 1 year after (postperiod: July 2018-June 2019). Women with full-term (≥37 weeks) singleton gestations with intact membranes and an unfavorable cervix undergoing induction were included. In the postperiod

SUBMITTER: Hamm RF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9119147 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature