Kate O'Reilly, Fiona McDermid, Susan McInnes, Kath Peters
"I was just a shell": Mental health concerns for women in perimenopause and menopause
International journal of mental health nursing
caesarean section performed pregnancy related complications vaginal delivery cannot tried fails effect pandemic lockdown availability well accessibility health services global concern aim study find caesarean section rate indication tertiary care hospital covid19 pandemic hospitalbased crosssectional study conducted among women admitted delivery department obstetrics gynecology tertiary teaching hospital second wave covid19 1 may 202130 july 2021 convenience sampling technique applied 1350 women categorized groups using robson ten group classification system group size group caesarean rate absolute relative contribution group overall caesarean rate calculated 1350 total deliveries covid19 lower segment caesarean section done 446 3304 30533555 95 confidence interval major indication caesarean section previous caesarean 185 4148 women 202 4529 age group 2430 years gestational age 37 42 weeks major contributor overall caesarean section rate robson group 5 37 study showed higher prevalence caesarean section delivery rate covid19 pandemic compared 2016 national statistics nepal despite several challenges brought pandemic pregnant women still able access emergency obstetric care services eastern part nepal however future studies focus exploring situation rural areas