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Table 2 Overtime trends of proportions of modes of deliveries and decision-to-delivery interval

From: Caesarean section audit to improve quality of care in a rural referral hospital in Tanzania

Delivery indicators

Retrospective block n (%)

Prospective block 1 n (%)

Prospective block 2 n (%)

Total n (%)

Chi-square test for differences in mode of delivery across the blocks

Audit period in days

51

39

89

179

 

Total deliveries

415 (100)

429 (100)

1024 (100)

1868 (100)

 

Vaginal deliveries

315 (75.9)

322 (75.1)

784 (76.6)

1421 (76.1)

p = 0.83 (χ2=0.4)

Caesarean sections

84 (20.2)

97 (22.6)

222 (21.7)

403 (21.6)

p = 0.70 (χ2=0.7)

Vacuum deliveries

16 (3.9)

10 (2.3)

18 (1.8)

44 (2.4)

p = 0.062=5.7)

Caesarean sections analysed

70 (83.3)

96 (99.0)

168 (75.7)

334 (82.9)

 

Decision-to-delivery interval for emergency CS in minutes; median (range)

75 (15-340)

60 (15-390)

95 (10-365)

83 (10-390)

 
  1. The table shows a numerical overview of the blocks, including the number of cases collected, modes of deliveries (with chi-square tests for differences in modes of deliveries over the blocks) and decision-to-delivery intervals per block