Period: 2010 – 2011

This descriptive study sponsored by FIC aimed to evaluate the preferences of pregnant women regarding the method of termination of labor, that is, cesarean section or vaginal delivery. Nulliparous pregnant women were enrolled and interviewed during pregnancy in four hospitals in Buenos Aires, Argentina. These women were followed up until delivery to evaluate the actual delivery mode. We recruited 382 women during pregnancy and only one woman was lost to follow-up. The study is undergoing analysis of main results.

Researchers

Agustina Mazzoni

Objectives

To evaluate women's preferences in relation to the route of pregnancy termination, the determinants of those preferences and the sources of these determinants in public and private hospitals in Buenos Aires, Argentina. To examine the association between the woman's preference and the actual route of pregnancy termination.

Finance

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