Prevalence of caesarean section and womens' attitude towards caesarean section in Manipur, North-Eastern India

Authors

  • Joymati Oinam Department of Community Medicine, J. N. Institute of Medical Science, Imphal, Manipur, India
  • Shantibala Kongjenbam Department of Community Medicine, Regional Institute of Medical Science, Imphal, Manipur, India
  • Yumnam Ningthemba Singh Department of Sports Medicine, Regional Institute of Medical Science, Imphal, Manipur, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20200451

Keywords:

Attitude, Caesarean section, Manipur, Prevalence

Abstract

Background: The rapid increase of caesarean section (CS) rate throughout the world has become a serious public health issue since the level of CS is well above the WHO (1985) recommended 15% and it is increasing over time. Objectives of the study was to determine the prevalence of caesarean section and women’s attitudes towards CS, to investigate rural-urban differences and any associated factors between attitude with socio-demographic factors.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in urban and rural areas of three districts of Manipur from 2015 to 2017 among 600 eligible married women aged 18-35 years selected by simple random sampling. Household was taken as sampling unit and electoral roll (2013) as sampling frame. An interview schedule was used for data collection. Descriptive statistics like mean, SD, proportion and inferential statistics like χ2 test was used. p-value 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.

Results: Mean age of the participants was 29.7±4.6 years. The overall prevalence of CS rate was 18.5% and the first child CS rate was 19.9% and majority of them belongs to 30-35 age groups. Majority of the women (84.2%) have neutral attitude and only 7.6% have favorable attitude towards CS. Favorable attitude towards CS was more among women who married at ≥30 years, whose husband was >30 years and was a government employee and who ever had CS.

Conclusions: Although the prevalence of CS is well above the WHO (1985) recommendation. Majority still preferred vaginal delivery and the demand for CS is low in the present setting.

 

Author Biographies

Joymati Oinam, Department of Community Medicine, J. N. Institute of Medical Science, Imphal, Manipur, India

Assistant Professor, Dept of Community Medicine,

Shantibala Kongjenbam, Department of Community Medicine, Regional Institute of Medical Science, Imphal, Manipur, India

Dept. of Community Medicine

 Professor

Yumnam Ningthemba Singh, Department of Sports Medicine, Regional Institute of Medical Science, Imphal, Manipur, India

Assistant Professor

Dept. of Sports Medicine

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2020-01-28

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Oinam, J., Kongjenbam, S., & Singh, Y. N. (2020). Prevalence of caesarean section and womens’ attitude towards caesarean section in Manipur, North-Eastern India. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 7(2), 694–700. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20200451

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