<strong>Introduction:</strong> <span><span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Caesarean section (CS) is a major reproductive hea...<strong>Introduction:</strong> <span><span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Caesarean section (CS) is a major reproductive health intervention to improve maternal and foetal outcomes if appropriately performed. </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">This study aimed to assess the quality of Caesarean sections (CS) in a rural</span> <span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">setting in Cameroon. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Materials and Methods: </span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">A prospective study con</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">ducted in 3 hospitals from February 1</span><sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;">st</span></sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> 2020 to April 30</span><sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;">th</span></sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> 2020. One hundred and twenty women who had a CS were included. Data were grouped into 5 categories: </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">1</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">) Sociodemographic and obstetrical characteristics, </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">2</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">) Geographic and financial access, </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">3</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">) Diagnostic procedures, </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">4</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">) Operative parameters and </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">5</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">) Post-operative parameters. The Dujardin’s model and context-relevant</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> criteria served to construct the quality score. The scale was 0 </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> 20 and scores ≤ 15 were considered as unacceptable quality while those >15 were considered as acceptable quality CS. Logistic regressions permitted to measure associations. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Results:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> There were 538 deliveries and 120 (22.3%) CS. The mean (SD) gestational age was 38.7 (2.6) weeks with extremes of 31 and 43 weeks. Group 5 of the Robson’s classification was predominant (35.0%). Motorbikes were the mode of transport to the maternity for 72.5% (87/120) of women. No referral was made by ambulance. Only 44 (36.7%) women had paid the full cost of the CS prior to surgery. In addition, 26 (21.6%) women had a complete clinical examination on admission. The surgical team was not complete (<6 staffs) in 56 (43.3%) cases. Anaesthesia was done by nurses in all cases. CS was done by a general practitioner and by nurses in 86 (71.7%) and 14 (11.7%) cases respectively. Overall, mean (SD) quality score (QS) was 16.33 (1.60).</span><b> </b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sixty six of the 120 (55.3%) caesarean sections had unacceptable quality CS. Mean (SD) QS was significantly higher in faith-based hospitals than in public hospitals (18.00 (0.91) versus 15.59 (1.24);P</span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">0.001).</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Immediate </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">postoperative clinical monitoring was effective only in 66 (55%) of cases. Apgar score was below 7 over 10 in 17 (14.2%) cases of which 6 freshes still births. No maternal death was recorded and maternal complications were recorded in 14 (11.7%) cases. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Conclusion: </span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The quality of CS is generally poor in rural settings in West-Cameroon. The quantity and quality of staffs required for Caesarean sections in the hospitals are sometimes insufficient. The poor quality of CS in this region could be addressed using the faith-based hospitals: St Vincent de Paul’s Hospital as a model.</span></span></span></span>展开更多
文摘<strong>Introduction:</strong> <span><span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Caesarean section (CS) is a major reproductive health intervention to improve maternal and foetal outcomes if appropriately performed. </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">This study aimed to assess the quality of Caesarean sections (CS) in a rural</span> <span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">setting in Cameroon. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Materials and Methods: </span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">A prospective study con</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">ducted in 3 hospitals from February 1</span><sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;">st</span></sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> 2020 to April 30</span><sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;">th</span></sup><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> 2020. One hundred and twenty women who had a CS were included. Data were grouped into 5 categories: </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">1</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">) Sociodemographic and obstetrical characteristics, </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">2</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">) Geographic and financial access, </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">3</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">) Diagnostic procedures, </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">4</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">) Operative parameters and </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">5</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">) Post-operative parameters. The Dujardin’s model and context-relevant</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> criteria served to construct the quality score. The scale was 0 </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> 20 and scores ≤ 15 were considered as unacceptable quality while those >15 were considered as acceptable quality CS. Logistic regressions permitted to measure associations. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Results:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> There were 538 deliveries and 120 (22.3%) CS. The mean (SD) gestational age was 38.7 (2.6) weeks with extremes of 31 and 43 weeks. Group 5 of the Robson’s classification was predominant (35.0%). Motorbikes were the mode of transport to the maternity for 72.5% (87/120) of women. No referral was made by ambulance. Only 44 (36.7%) women had paid the full cost of the CS prior to surgery. In addition, 26 (21.6%) women had a complete clinical examination on admission. The surgical team was not complete (<6 staffs) in 56 (43.3%) cases. Anaesthesia was done by nurses in all cases. CS was done by a general practitioner and by nurses in 86 (71.7%) and 14 (11.7%) cases respectively. Overall, mean (SD) quality score (QS) was 16.33 (1.60).</span><b> </b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Sixty six of the 120 (55.3%) caesarean sections had unacceptable quality CS. Mean (SD) QS was significantly higher in faith-based hospitals than in public hospitals (18.00 (0.91) versus 15.59 (1.24);P</span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">0.001).</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Immediate </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">postoperative clinical monitoring was effective only in 66 (55%) of cases. Apgar score was below 7 over 10 in 17 (14.2%) cases of which 6 freshes still births. No maternal death was recorded and maternal complications were recorded in 14 (11.7%) cases. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Conclusion: </span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The quality of CS is generally poor in rural settings in West-Cameroon. The quantity and quality of staffs required for Caesarean sections in the hospitals are sometimes insufficient. The poor quality of CS in this region could be addressed using the faith-based hospitals: St Vincent de Paul’s Hospital as a model.</span></span></span></span>