1999
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.4.687
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Risk factors for the increasing caesarean section rate in Southeast Brazil: a comparison of two birth cohorts, 1978-1979 and 1994

Abstract: Caesarean section in Brazil is widely performed for non-medical reasons in which physician convenience plays an important role. There is an urgent need for public health interventions to reduce the CS rate in Brazil, mainly directed towards cultural beliefs and physician behaviour.

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“…Also, the 'convenience' of its performance for the physician leads to the socalled 'iatrogenic' cesarean section. 21,22 Therefore, the high rates of cesarean section found in our study are similar to those reported for Brazil in 2003 for term (40%) and 32 to 36 weeks preterm infants (47%), 7 but much higher than the recommended rate by the World Health Organization: 23 'no region in the world is justified in having a cesarean section rate greater than 10 to 15 percent.' According to Young,24 factors identified that contribute to the increase in cesarean deliveries include provider practice, preferences and patterns; type of practitioners and staff patterns; and societal issues.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 86%
“…Also, the 'convenience' of its performance for the physician leads to the socalled 'iatrogenic' cesarean section. 21,22 Therefore, the high rates of cesarean section found in our study are similar to those reported for Brazil in 2003 for term (40%) and 32 to 36 weeks preterm infants (47%), 7 but much higher than the recommended rate by the World Health Organization: 23 'no region in the world is justified in having a cesarean section rate greater than 10 to 15 percent.' According to Young,24 factors identified that contribute to the increase in cesarean deliveries include provider practice, preferences and patterns; type of practitioners and staff patterns; and societal issues.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 86%
“…[24][25][26] Primiparity has also been described as a risk factor for cesarean delivery in several studies, under the hypothesis that obstetricians consider these women less capable of dealing with the difficulties of labor or because they attend a greater number of prenatal appointments, also associated with the phenomenon. [23][24][25][26][27] Preventing cesareans among primiparas is of vital importance-in the long term, they anticipate the cumulative effects of a previous cesarean with the consequent increased probability of another cesarean among these women.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Um dos resultados mais importantes do presente estudo foi o achado de que um aumento nas prevalências em 2004 ocorreu independentemente das características maternas sócio-demográficas e reprodutivas, ou seja, diferenças no perfil das parturientes atendidas não explicam este aumento. A maior prevalência de cesarianas encontrada para mulheres acima de 35 anos condiz com achados na literatura 19,20 . A hipóte-se de que pacientes mais velhas teriam mais comorbidades ou estivessem relacionadas a outras características que as levassem a ter mais cesarianas foi levantada por alguns autores 20,21 entanto, no presente estudo, concordando com outro recente 22 , essa categoria ainda mostrou grande associação com cesarianas após ajuste para confundimento, não havendo justificativa para maior prevalência nesse grupo, de acordo com as variáveis estudadas.…”
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“…Uma associação entre aumento nas taxas e maior freqüência ao pré-natal se manteve após ajuste para as outras variáveis, trazendo novamente à tona a influência de fatores não-médi-cos. Maiores taxas entre as mulheres com sete ou mais consultas pré-natal também foram descritas por Gomes et al 19 . Conforme já levantado por Freitas et al 15 , aqui também poder-se-ia pensar que um maior contato com o obstetra possa ter influenciado a decisão por cesariana.…”
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