Is the surge in cesarean section rates during the COVID-19 pandemic truly substantiated?

Autor: Bakhtiar Piroozi, Ghobad Moradi, Kimya Khoramipoor, Hassan Mahmoodi, Farnaz Zandvakili, Ali Ebrazeh, Azad Shokri, Farhad Moradpour
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, Vol 24, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2393
27940314
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-024-06492-1
Popis: Abstract Background Cesarean section (C-section) rates, deemed a critical health indicator, have experienced a historical increase. The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted healthcare patterns including delays or lack of follow-up in treatment and an increased number of patients with acute problems in hospitals. This study aimed to explore whether the observed surge is a genuine consequence of pandemic-related factors. Methods This study employs an Interrupted Time Series (ITS) design to analyze monthly C-section rates from March 2018 to January 2023 in Kurdistan province, Iran. Segmented regression modeling is utilized for robust data analysis. Results The C-section rate did not show a significant change immediately after the onset of COVID-19. However, the monthly trend increased significantly during the post-pandemic period (p
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