Period: 2010-2011

This descriptive study sponsored by FIC set out to evaluate the pregnant women's preferences as to the way to end the labor, cesarean section or vaginal delivery. Nulliparus pregnant women were enrolled and interviewed during pregnancy in four hospitals in Buenos Aires, Argentina. These women were monitored until delivery to assess the current delivery modality. We had recruited 382 women during pregnancy and only one woman got lost during monitoring. The study is experimenting main results analysis.

Researchers

Agustina Mazzoni

objectives

Evaluate the women's preferences regarding the way to end the labor, these preferences's determinants and the sources of these determinants in public and private hospitals in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Examine the association between the woman's preference and the actual way to finish the labor.

Funds

Fogarty International Center. National Institutes of Health

Publications

Mazzoni A, Althabe F, Liu NH, Bonotti AM, Gibbons L, Sánchez AJ, Belizán JM. Women's preference for caesarean section: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. BJOG. 2011 Mar;118(4):391-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02793.x. Epub 2010 Dec 7. [Full Text] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3312015/pdf/nihms246562.pdf
Liu NH, Mazzoni A, Zamberlin N, Colomar M, Chang OH, Arnaud L, Althabe F, Belizán JM. Preferences for mode of delivery in nulliparous Argentinean women: a qualitative study. Reprod Health. 2013 Jan 14;10(1):2. doi:10.1186/1742-4755-10-2. [Full text] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3561262/pdf/1742-4755-10-2.pdf