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Increasing rates of cesarean birth in Bangladesh: A household‐level pooled analysis.
- Source :
- Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care; Jun2024, Vol. 51 Issue 2, p326-342, 17p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Background: Cesarean birth (CB) rates have been increasing rapidly globally, including in Bangladesh. This study aimed to assess national trends in CB rates and to investigate associated factors in Bangladesh. Methods: We analyzed data from the five most recent Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys (BDHS) between 2003 and 2018. A total of 27,328 ever‐married women aged 15–49 who had a live birth in the 2 years preceding the survey were included in this study. We estimated the prevalence of CB from 2003 to 2018, as well as changes in the prevalence. Logistic regression analysis was used to measure the association between dependent and independent variables. Results: The overall prevalence of CB among Bangladeshi mothers was 3.99% in 2003–04; this rate increased to 33.22% in 2017–18. The annual percentage change in CB rate was 16.34% from 2004 to 2017–18, which is alarming relative to the World Health Organization's cesarean birth recommended threshold. Several factors, such as maternal age, maternal and paternal education, working status of the mother, maternal BMI, age at first pregnancy, antenatal care (ANC) use, administrative division, and wealth status, had a significant influence on the rising rate of CB in Bangladesh. Conclusions: This study documents the alarming rate of CB increase in Bangladesh since 2003. It is critical that authorities implement more effective national monitoring measures to identify the causes of this dramatic increase and work to mitigate the rate of unnecessary CB in Bangladesh. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CROSS-sectional method
SECONDARY analysis
QUALITATIVE research
QUESTIONNAIRES
LOGISTIC regression analysis
MEDICAL care
PREGNANT women
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
MULTIVARIATE analysis
CHI-squared test
VAGINAL birth after cesarean
SURVEYS
ODDS ratio
STATISTICS
CONFIDENCE intervals
DATA analysis software
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07307659
- Volume :
- 51
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177322016
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12789