Taşpınar, Ayten Adnan Menderes University - School of Health - Department of Midwifery, Turkey , Özpınar, Saliha Celal Bayar University - School of Health - Department of Midwifery, Turkey , Çoban, Ayden Adnan Menderes University - School of Health - Department of Midwifery, Turkey , Küçük, Mert Sıtkı Koçman University - School of Medicine - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Turkey

The effects of prenatal care on cesarean section rates in a maternity and children’s hospital

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Aim. The aim of descriptive study was to determine whether women are receiving prenatal care services and if benefiting from prenatal care has an impact on the incidence of cesarean delivery. Methods. This descriptive and research was carried out at the Manisa Maternity and Children’s Hospital with inpatients who had just given birth (n= 269). The data was collected with a questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of two parts. The first part encompassed questions on the sociodemographic and obstetric characteristics of the women and the second part related to the prenatal care services that women received. Data was analyzed using the SPSS 15.0. Basic descriptive findings and the education provided as prenatal care services were analyzed using frequency distributions. Selected characteristics and mode of delivery were compared using qi-square analysis. Results. It was observed that 97% of the women participating in the study had received at least one prenatal care. Of the 8 women who had not received prenatal care (3%), only one (12.5%) had delivered by cesarean section. Cesarean rates were higher in women who received prenatal care four or more times in the pregnancy, in women who obtained the service only from doctors, in those who obtained it from private hospitals, and in women who had undergone ultrasound scanning. Moreover the study found that the education and training that comprised the content of prenatal care services were inadequate. Conclusion. According to the study quality of antenatal care prevent cesarean delivery which non-medical reasons.

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Cesarean section , delivery , Manisa , prenatal care

Cumhuriyet Medical Journal

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