International Journal of
Nursing and Midwifery

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Nurs. Midwifery
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2456
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJNM
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 213

Full Length Research Paper

Determinants of caesarean section rate among women 15 to 49 years at Nakuru Level 5 Hospital using the Robson classification system

Emmaculate Jepkemei Tanui
  • Emmaculate Jepkemei Tanui
  • School of Nursing, Kabarak University, Kabarak, P. O. Box Private Bag, Kabarak, Kenya.
  • Google Scholar
Doris Kibiwott
  • Doris Kibiwott
  • School of Nursing, Kabarak University, Kabarak, P. O. Box Private Bag, Kabarak, Kenya.
  • Google Scholar


  •  Received: 18 February 2022
  •  Accepted: 30 January 2023
  •  Published: 31 May 2023

References

Belachew J, Cnattingius S, Mulic?Lutvica A, Eurenius K, Axelsson O, Wikström AK (2014). Risk of retained placenta in women previously delivered by caesarean section: a population?based cohort study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 121(2):224-229.
Crossref

 

Betran A, Torloni MR, Zhang J, Gülmezoglu A, Section WWGC, Aleem H, Carroli G (2016). WHO statement on caesarean section rates. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 123(5):667-670.

 

Betrán AP, Ye J, Moller AB, Zhang J, Gülmezoglu AM, Torloni MR (2016). The increasing trend in caesarean section rates: global, regional and national estimates: 1990-2014. PloS One 11(2):e0148343.
Crossref

 

Gibbons L, Belizan JM, Lauer JA, Betran AP, Merialdi M, Althabe F (2012). Inequities in the use of cesarean section deliveries in the world. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 206(4):331. e331-331. e319.
Crossref

 

Gwer SO, Mutungi A, Guyo J (2011). Optimality of the diagnosis for common indications in emergency Caesarean delivery at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Eastern and Central Africa 23(1):9-13.

 

Makhanya V, Govender L, Moodley J (2015). Utility of the Robson Ten Group Classification System to determine appropriateness of caesarean section at a rural regional hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. South African Medical Journal 105(4):292-295.
Crossref

 

Neuman MD, Silber JH, Magaziner JS, Passarella MA, Mehta S, Werner RM (2014). Survival and functional outcomes after hip fracture among nursing home residents. JAMA Internal Medicine 174(8):1273-1280.
Crossref

 

Rijken MJ, Meguid T, van den Akker T, van Roosmalen J, Stekelenburg J (2015). Global surgery and the dilemma for obstetricians. The Lancet 386(10007):1941-1942.
Crossref

 

Robson MS (2001). Classification of caesarean sections. Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review 12(1):23-39.
Crossref

 

Robson SJ, Costa CM (2017). Thirty years of the World Health Organization's target caesarean section rate: Time to move on. Medical Journal of Australia 206(4):181-185. 
Crossref

 

Souza JP, Gülmezoglu A, Lumbiganon P, Laopaiboon M, Carroli G, Fawole B, Ruyan P (2010). Caesarean section without medical indications is associated with an increased risk of adverse short-term maternal outcomes: the 2004-2008 WHO Global Survey on Maternal and Perinatal Health. BMC Medicine 8(1):1-10.
Crossref

 

Thomas S, Meadows J, McQueen KK (2016). Access to cesarean section will reduce maternal mortality in low-income countries: a mathematical model. World Journal of Surgery 40(7):1537-1541.
Crossref

 

Timor-Tritsch IE, Monteagudo A (2012). Unforeseen consequences of the increasing rate of cesarean deliveries: early placenta accreta and cesarean scar pregnancy. A review. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 207(1):14-29.
Crossref

 

Tura AK, Pijpers O, de Man M, Cleveringa M, Koopmans I, Gure T, Stekelenburg J (2018). Analysis of caesarean sections using Robson 10-group classification system in a university hospital in eastern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 8(4):e020520. 
Crossref

 

Vogel JP, Betrán AP, Vindevoghel N, Souza JP, Torloni MR. Zhang J, .Ortiz-Panozo E (2015). Use of the Robson classification to assess caesarean section trends in 21 countries: a secondary analysis of two WHO multicountry surveys. The Lancet Global Health 3(5):e260-e270.
Crossref

 

World Health Organization (WHO) (1985). Appropriate technology for birth. Lancet 2:436-437.
Crossref

 

World Health Organization (WHO) (2009). WHO vaccine-preventable diseases: monitoring system: 2009 global summary (No. WHO/IVB/2009). World Health Organization.