Predictors of planned caesarean section births in a sample of Romanian women

Oana M. Blaga, Emanuel Hentes, Marius I. Ungureanu and Alina I. Forray

International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2022, vol. 37, issue 3, 1555-1565

Abstract: Objectives Romania has one of the highest incidences of births by caesarean section (CS) in the European Union (EU). The present study aims to identify the possible predictors of planned caesarean section (PCS) in a convenience sample of Romanian women. Methods This is a secondary analysis of the cross‐sectional data collected as part of the EU‐level Babies Born Better online survey from 1908 Romanian women who gave birth between 2013 and 2018. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression models were performed to identify the potential individual and health system‐level predictors of PCS. Results PCS was reported by 36.7% (n = 657) of the women. In the multivariable regression model, older maternal age (aOR: 1.10, 95% CI: 1.07–1.14) and presence of medical or non‐medical problems during pregnancy (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 1.67, 95% CI: 1.31–2.12) were significantly associated with PCS. Conversely, birth at a very high level of competence hospital was inversely associated with PCS (aOR: 0.48, 95% CI: 0.30–0.76). Conclusions Our findings indicate that PCS may be associated with both individual and health system‐level variables. Our results are significant because they could be used to inform decision‐making processes aimed at lowering PCS incidence.

Date: 2022
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://doi.org/10.1002/hpm.3424

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:ijhplm:v:37:y:2022:i:3:p:1555-1565

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.blackwell ... bs.asp?ref=0749-6753

Access Statistics for this article

International Journal of Health Planning and Management is currently edited by Calum Paton

More articles in International Journal of Health Planning and Management from Wiley Blackwell
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Wiley Content Delivery ().