Using direct clinical observation to assess the quality of cesarean delivery in Afghanistan: an exploratory study

Table 1 Average time between events (hours: minutes) for women undergoing caesarean deliveries

	Women admitted for routine labor		Women admitted for a complication
	Observed (n = 19 )	Record review (n = 20 )	Observed (n = 10 )	Record review (n = 14)
From arrival to first evaluation	00:11	00:17	00:03	00:19
From arrival to complication detected	02:01	06:24	00:58	02:27
From complication detected to decision for CS	00:24	01:00^a	01:03	00:31
From decision for CS to skin incision	01:11	00:58^a	00:40	00:51^b
From skin incision to delivery	00:07	00:16^a	00:07	00:08 ^b
Total	07:54	08:55	02:51	04:16

^aOne record did not list time of decision for CS, incision or delivery.
^bOne record did not list time of incision or delivery, and two did not list time of delivery.

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