ArticleBMC pregnancy and childbirth2023
Prevalence and determinants of caesarean section deliveries in the Kintampo Districts of Ghana.
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- Prevalence and predictors of caesarean deliveries at the Tamale teaching hospital in Northern Ghana.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Prediction of caesarean section birth using machine learning algorithms among pregnant women in a district hospital in Ghana.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Caesarean section delivery and its associated factors in Ghana: A multilevel analysis.PloS one · 2025Article
- Determinants of caesarean section use in Ghana: A trend analysis of 2003-2022 DHS data.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Cesarean delivery and its determining factors: A hospital-based study in Jashore District, Bangladesh.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2024Article
- Incidence of Surgical Site Infection Following Cesarean Section and Its Associated Factors in a Hospital of the Eastern Region, Saudi Arabia: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Investigating the risk factors for isthmocele development after cesarean delivery.AJOG global reports · 2024Article
- Strengthening caesarean birth: Sub-Saharan Africa health system evaluation: Scoping review.African journal of primary health care & family medicine · 2024Article
- Caesarean section delivery rates and associated factors in a faith-based referral hospital in Ghana: A retrospective analysis.PloS one · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundGlobally, the increasing rate of caesarean section (CS) delivery has become a major public health concern due to its cost, maternal, neonatal, and perinatal risks. In Ghana, the Family Health Division of the Ghana Health Service in 2016 opted to initiate a program to prevent the abuse of CS and identify the factors contributing to its increase in the country. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and factors influencing CS deliveries in the Kintampo Districts of Ghana.
methodsThe current study used secondary data from the Every Newborn-International Network for the Demographic Evaluation of Populations and their Health (EN-INDEPTH) project in Kintampo, Ghana. The outcome variable for this study is CS delivery. The predictor variables were socio-demographic and obstetric factors.
resultsThe prevalence of CS delivery in the study area was 14.6%. Women with secondary education were 2.6 times more likely to give birth by CS than those with primary education. Unmarried women were about 2.5 times more likely to deliver by CS compared to those who were married. There was an increasing order of CS delivery among women in the wealthy quintiles from poorer to richest. The likelihood of women with gestational ages from 37 to 40 weeks to give birth by CS was about 58% less compared to those with less than 37 gestational weeks. Women who had 4-7 and 8 or more antenatal care (ANC) visits were 1.95 and 3.5 times more likely to deliver by CS compared to those who had less than 4 ANC visits. The odds of women who have had pregnancy loss before to deliver by CS was 68% higher compared to women who have not lost pregnancy before.
conclusionsCaesarean section delivery prevalence in the study population was within the Ghana Health Service and World Health Organization ranges. In addition to known socio-demographic and obstetric factors, this study observed that a history of pregnancy loss increased the chances of a woman undergoing a CS. Policies should aim at addressing identified modifiable factors to stem the rise in CS deliveries.
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