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Use Of The Robson Classification To Assess Caesarean Section Trends In 21 Countries: A Secondary Analysis Of Two Who Multicountry Surveys, Joshua P. Vogel, Ana Pilar Betrán, Nadia Vindevoghel, João Paulo Souza, Maria Regina Torloni, Jun Zhang, Özge Tunçalp, Rintaro Mori, Naho Morisaki, Eduardo Ortiz-Panozo, Bernardo Hernandez, Ricardo Pérez-Cuevas, Zahida Qureshi, A Metin Gülmezoglu, Marleen Temmerman
Use Of The Robson Classification To Assess Caesarean Section Trends In 21 Countries: A Secondary Analysis Of Two Who Multicountry Surveys, Joshua P. Vogel, Ana Pilar Betrán, Nadia Vindevoghel, João Paulo Souza, Maria Regina Torloni, Jun Zhang, Özge Tunçalp, Rintaro Mori, Naho Morisaki, Eduardo Ortiz-Panozo, Bernardo Hernandez, Ricardo Pérez-Cuevas, Zahida Qureshi, A Metin Gülmezoglu, Marleen Temmerman
Obstetrics and Gynaecology, East Africa
Background: Rates of caesarean section surgery are rising worldwide, but the determinants of this increase, especially in low-income and middle-income countries, are controversial. In this study, we aimed to analyse the contribution of specific obstetric populations to changes in caesarean section rates, by using the Robson classification in two WHO multicountry surveys of deliveries in health-care facilities. The Robson system classifies all deliveries into one of ten groups on the basis of five parameters: obstetric history, onset of labour, fetal lie, number of neonates, and gestational age.
Methods: We studied deliveries in 287 facilities in 21 countries that …