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Factors Influencing Cesarean Section Rate: Does the Audit Still Work?

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What is being collected

Data Collection

Collected from past medical records and data - Retrospective
Who is being recruted

From 15 to 47 Years
+2 Eligibility Criteria
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How is the trial designed

Case-Control

Comparing exposures between individuals with and without disease in order to identify potential risk factors.
Observational
Study Start: December 2012
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Summary

Principal SponsorFar Eastern Memorial Hospital
Last updated: August 19, 2013
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Study start date: December 1, 2012

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

To elucidate the audit's effect on caesarean section rate, and also define the factors influencing the caesarean section rate. From Jan 2007 , pregnant women who delivered in a medical center will be included retrospectively in this study. Our monthly cesarean section audit, focusing on discussing the indications of cesarean section, began from July 2008. Clinical data, indications of cesarean section, and perinatal outcomes were compared between the cases of before and after the audit. Multivariate logistic regression was performed to identify factors affecting cesarean section rate.

NCT01808807
Principal SponsorFar Eastern Memorial Hospital
Last updated: August 19, 2013
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner

Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

4000 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Case-Control

These studies compare people who have a disease (cases) with those who don't (controls). The goal is to look back at previous exposures or risk factors to identify what might have contributed to the disease.

Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Criteria

Female

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

From 15 to 47 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Criteria

1 inclusion criteria required to participate
All pregnant women who delivered in a medical center will be included retrospectively in this study
1 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
All pregnant women who delivered in a medical center will be included retrospectively in this study , no exclusion criteria

Study Plan

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Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

One single intervention group is designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Study Centers

These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.

This study has 1 location

Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

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CompletedOne Study Center