Lowering the high rate of caesarean delivery in China: an experience from Shanghai
Objective To examine the trends of caesarean delivery (CD) after an intervention to lower the high rate of CD at a Chinese maternity hospital. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting A large tertiary obstetric centre in Shanghai, China, from 2007 to 2014. Sample 81 459 nulliparous women who deliv...
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Published in | BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Vol. 123; no. 10; pp. 1620 - 1628 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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England
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
01.09.2016
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Summary: | Objective
To examine the trends of caesarean delivery (CD) after an intervention to lower the high rate of CD at a Chinese maternity hospital.
Design
Retrospective cohort study.
Setting
A large tertiary obstetric centre in Shanghai, China, from 2007 to 2014.
Sample
81 459 nulliparous women who delivered a term singleton infant.
Methods
Logistic regression was used to calculate the odds of CD while adjusting for confounders.
Main outcome measure
Rate of CD before and after the intervention.
Results
The rate of CD decreased from 51.5% in 2008 to 36.1% in 2014, mostly due to a reduction in non‐indicated antepartum CD from 27.9% in 2010 to 11.9% in 2014. After adjustment, a period effect remained with delivery between 2011 and 2014 associated with a 31% reduction in the odds of CD compared with delivery between 2007 and 2010 [odds ratio (OR): 0.69, 95% CI: 0.66–0.71)] and a 33% reduction in the odds of antepartum CD (OR: 0.67, 95% CI: 0.64–0.69). The frequencies of perinatal mortality (0.5 versus 0.4/1000), hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (0.9 versus 1.2/1000), meconium aspiration syndrome (0.5/1000), birth trauma (0.6/1000), respiratory distress syndrome (0.5% versus 0.4%) and necrotising enterocolitis (0.9 versus 0.6/1000) were similar. The frequency of neonatal infection increased slightly (0.6% versus 0.8%), although this could be explained by other factors.
Conclusions
A marked reduction in CD has occurred at an urban tertiary care centre as a result of efforts to reduce the high rate of caesarean delivery. No notable differences in neonatal outcomes were observed.
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High rates of caesarean delivery can be lowered without increases in neonatal morbidity and mortality. |
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Bibliography: | This article is commented on by RT Geirsson, p. 1628 in this issue. To view this mini commentary visit http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.14059 Linked article . ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1470-0328 1471-0528 |
DOI: | 10.1111/1471-0528.14057 |