Variations in use of childbirth interventions in 13 high-income countries: A multinational cross-sectional study
Background Variations in intervention rates, without subsequent reductions in adverse outcomes, can indicate overuse. We studied variations in and associations between commonly used childbirth interventions and adverse outcomes, adjusted for population characteristics. Methods and findings In this m...
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fthsvestlandet:oai:hvlopen.brage.unit.no:11250/2672765 2024-03-03T08:45:42+00:00 Variations in use of childbirth interventions in 13 high-income countries: A multinational cross-sectional study Seijmonsbergen-Schermers, Anna van den Akker, Thomas Rydahl, Eva Beeckman, Katrien Bogaerts, Annick Binfa, Lorena Frith, Lucy Gross, Mechthild M. Misselwitz, Björn Hálfdánsdóttir, Berglind Daly, Deirdre Corcoran, Paul Calleja-Agius, Jean Calleja, Neville Gatt, Miriam Nilsen, Anne Britt Vika Declercq, Eugene Gissler, Mika Heino, Anna Lindgren, Helena de Jonge, Ank Iceland 2020 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2672765 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003103 eng eng PLOS Seijmonsbergen-Schermers, A. E., van den Akker, T., Rydahl, E., Beeckman, K., Bogaerts, A., Binfa, L., Frith, L., Gross, M. M., Misselwitz, B., Hálfdánsdóttir, B., Daly, D., Corcoran, P., Calleja-Agius, J., Calleja, N., Gatt, M., Vika Nilsen, A. B., Declercq, E., Gissler, M., Heino, A., Lindgren, H., & de Jonge, A. (2020). Variations in use of childbirth interventions in 13 high-income countries: A multinational cross-sectional study. PLOS Medicine, 17(5). urn:issn:1549-1277 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2672765 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003103 cristin:1812725 Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no © 2020 Seijmonsbergen-Schermers et al. 17 PLoS Medicine birth pain labor and delivery anesthesia birth rates epidural block VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Gynekologi og obstetrikk: 756 Peer reviewed Journal article 2020 fthsvestlandet https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003103 2024-02-02T12:41:16Z Background Variations in intervention rates, without subsequent reductions in adverse outcomes, can indicate overuse. We studied variations in and associations between commonly used childbirth interventions and adverse outcomes, adjusted for population characteristics. Methods and findings In this multinational cross-sectional study, existing data on 4,729,307 singleton births at ≥37 weeks in 2013 from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, England, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany (Hesse), Malta, the United States, and Chile were used to describe variations in childbirth interventions and outcomes. Numbers of births ranged from 3,987 for Iceland to 3,500,397 for the USA. Crude data were analysed in the Netherlands, or analysed data were shared with the principal investigator. Strict variable definitions were used and information on data quality was collected. Intervention rates were described for each country and stratified by parity. Uni- and multivariable analyses were performed, adjusted for population characteristics, and associations between rates of interventions, population characteristics, and outcomes were assessed using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients. Considerable intercountry variations were found for all interventions, despite adjustments for population characteristics. Adjustments for ethnicity and body mass index changed odds ratios for augmentation of labour and episiotomy. Largest variations were found for augmentation of labour, pain relief, episiotomy, instrumental birth, and cesarean section (CS). Percentages of births at ≥42 weeks varied from 0.1% to 6.7%. Rates among nulliparous versus multiparous women varied from 56% to 80% versus 51% to 82% for spontaneous onset of labour; 14% to 36% versus 8% to 28% for induction of labour; 3% to 13% versus 7% to 26% for prelabour CS; 16% to 48% versus 12% to 50% for overall CS; 22% to 71% versus 7% to 38% for augmentation of labour; 50% to 93% versus 25% to 86% for any intrapartum pain relief, 19% to 83% versus 10% to 64% for ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Høgskulen på Vestlandet: HVL Open Norway PLOS Medicine 17 5 e1003103 |
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birth pain labor and delivery anesthesia birth rates epidural block VDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Klinisk medisinske fag: 750::Gynekologi og obstetrikk: 756 Seijmonsbergen-Schermers, Anna van den Akker, Thomas Rydahl, Eva Beeckman, Katrien Bogaerts, Annick Binfa, Lorena Frith, Lucy Gross, Mechthild M. Misselwitz, Björn Hálfdánsdóttir, Berglind Daly, Deirdre Corcoran, Paul Calleja-Agius, Jean Calleja, Neville Gatt, Miriam Nilsen, Anne Britt Vika Declercq, Eugene Gissler, Mika Heino, Anna Lindgren, Helena de Jonge, Ank Variations in use of childbirth interventions in 13 high-income countries: A multinational cross-sectional study |
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Background Variations in intervention rates, without subsequent reductions in adverse outcomes, can indicate overuse. We studied variations in and associations between commonly used childbirth interventions and adverse outcomes, adjusted for population characteristics. Methods and findings In this multinational cross-sectional study, existing data on 4,729,307 singleton births at ≥37 weeks in 2013 from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Ireland, England, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany (Hesse), Malta, the United States, and Chile were used to describe variations in childbirth interventions and outcomes. Numbers of births ranged from 3,987 for Iceland to 3,500,397 for the USA. Crude data were analysed in the Netherlands, or analysed data were shared with the principal investigator. Strict variable definitions were used and information on data quality was collected. Intervention rates were described for each country and stratified by parity. Uni- and multivariable analyses were performed, adjusted for population characteristics, and associations between rates of interventions, population characteristics, and outcomes were assessed using Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients. Considerable intercountry variations were found for all interventions, despite adjustments for population characteristics. Adjustments for ethnicity and body mass index changed odds ratios for augmentation of labour and episiotomy. Largest variations were found for augmentation of labour, pain relief, episiotomy, instrumental birth, and cesarean section (CS). Percentages of births at ≥42 weeks varied from 0.1% to 6.7%. Rates among nulliparous versus multiparous women varied from 56% to 80% versus 51% to 82% for spontaneous onset of labour; 14% to 36% versus 8% to 28% for induction of labour; 3% to 13% versus 7% to 26% for prelabour CS; 16% to 48% versus 12% to 50% for overall CS; 22% to 71% versus 7% to 38% for augmentation of labour; 50% to 93% versus 25% to 86% for any intrapartum pain relief, 19% to 83% versus 10% to 64% for ... |
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Seijmonsbergen-Schermers, Anna van den Akker, Thomas Rydahl, Eva Beeckman, Katrien Bogaerts, Annick Binfa, Lorena Frith, Lucy Gross, Mechthild M. Misselwitz, Björn Hálfdánsdóttir, Berglind Daly, Deirdre Corcoran, Paul Calleja-Agius, Jean Calleja, Neville Gatt, Miriam Nilsen, Anne Britt Vika Declercq, Eugene Gissler, Mika Heino, Anna Lindgren, Helena de Jonge, Ank |
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Variations in use of childbirth interventions in 13 high-income countries: A multinational cross-sectional study |
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Variations in use of childbirth interventions in 13 high-income countries: A multinational cross-sectional study |
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Variations in use of childbirth interventions in 13 high-income countries: A multinational cross-sectional study |
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Seijmonsbergen-Schermers, A. E., van den Akker, T., Rydahl, E., Beeckman, K., Bogaerts, A., Binfa, L., Frith, L., Gross, M. M., Misselwitz, B., Hálfdánsdóttir, B., Daly, D., Corcoran, P., Calleja-Agius, J., Calleja, N., Gatt, M., Vika Nilsen, A. B., Declercq, E., Gissler, M., Heino, A., Lindgren, H., & de Jonge, A. (2020). Variations in use of childbirth interventions in 13 high-income countries: A multinational cross-sectional study. PLOS Medicine, 17(5). urn:issn:1549-1277 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2672765 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003103 cristin:1812725 |
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